Latest Breaking News

I will no longer cross her off my list. It's good to know there is so much talent and many of them Progressive. I just hope this "distancing from Platner" idea doesn't make the delegates choose a centrist when it's clearly not what Mainers were asking for.

The other thing Platner had was a lot of charisma and an ability to talk to all kinds of voters. I watched a lot of speeches, interviews, meetings with voters, and I was amazed at how adeptly he responded to questions and addressed concerns in brilliant and surprising ways. I believe that was a large part of why he took off.

Somehow, Democrats have to meet standards Republicans don't. They can be weirdly unappealing like Collins and get elected over and over. I'm not in Maine and I'm guessing you are. It's hard from afar to find out these things about the candidates. Not that I have a vote, but neither do most Mainers at this point. I don't know who has any influence over the 600 delegates, whether they are all party establishment, and to what extent they'll be interested in listening to voters or just picking the guy who aligns with their politics. I assume they know the candidates already on some level and hope they have some process for assessing all these things in the 2 weeks available. And, hoping the public is able to witness the process--which will instill trust, confidence, and excitement about the outcome.