Maine does not deserve this kind of insanity... but what do you do??

[Peacetrain]

I had an op out that it was up to the people of Maine as to who they elect.. still feel that way.. but Plantner should step away for the sake of the election, for the sake of the people he wants to represent.

[senseandsensibility]

1. I've tried to stay out of it too

but no one can say that the warning signs weren't there. We went through something similar in California with Eric Swalwell, but he didn't have any warning signs. Everyone was fooled, including me. Here, I don't know. But you're right that it is necessary that he do the right thing before July 13.

[2naSalit]

2. I suspect...

He'll wait until the last minute.

He has exactly one week minus one hour, at this point, to make his decision and act on it.

[Torchlight]

3. I welcomed out of state opnions about the Crockett/Talarico race

I enjoyed reading some new perspectives I hadn't gotten elsewhere or in-state, and I soon realized that a senatorial election, regardless of lines on a national map, affects each one of us, whether we were allowed to vote, or watched the results half a nation away.

[In It to Win It]

4. That's a tough call. We need Susan Collins to lose, and he's been the guy so far ... It's hard to say how much this will

affect Platner.

[QueerDuck]

5. This is not an "I told you so" moment... although many will be tempted. It's actually...

... an ALL HANDS ON DECK moment. --- I had hoped for the best, but it appears that my hopes were unrealistic.

[0rganism]

6. Most of us can't do anything, it's up to Platner and the Democratic party of Maine now

Best scenario at this point is Platner drops out, Democrats nominate someone like SSen Jackson, and he runs a solid progressive populist campaign that beats Collins.