General Discussion

I like Mills as a politician. She has been a good governor through really hard times. She steered us through the pandemic brilliantly and did some great progressive things, like free postsecondary education for covid-era kids, although she's too centrist for me. She is smart and honest and abrasive, is arrogant but genuinely cares for people. She is a very uncharismatic politician and a dull speaker. But decent and hardworking.

I think the rightwingers, the antivaxxers, hate her so much she can't beat Collins. Even liberals I know dislike her, influenced by gop disinformation.

And folks want a non establishment candidate. I get it. I had hopes for Fetterman once. Platner has a chance to defeat the soulless Collins, which is a reason to support him, but with no history of elected office outside of local harbormaster, he is simply not qualified. I like my representatives to have experience.

Of course congress is packed with unqualified, ignorant and corrupt people. I dream of better, but I don't have any suggestions.

Platner has some passionate supporters. I hope their faith is justified.