Platner is cooked. There is a reason Democrats asked Mills to run.

[boston bean]

Fetterman is a nutball loser.

People in power need to be very careful when making endorsements. And us little peons need to learn to be a bit cynical about these endorsements.

[Peacetrain]

1. Amen to that!

"People in power need to be very careful when making endorsements. And us little peons need to learn to be a bit cynical about these endorsements."

[mr715]

2. Yes, there is.

But voters were concerned that, despite "running", Mills did not run. She moved no voters.

I don't know why Fetterman is brought up here.

"Us little peons" don't really care about endorsements.

[ALBliberal]

3. My two cents? Isn't there like a senate committee that can find viable candidates?

Is it only up to Schumer? I feel like this is a letdown of the Democratic establishment.

[mr715]

5. Mills was from Schumer and Gillibrand.

And yes -- there SHOULD be a deeper bench.

Hell, run Stephen King. Isn't he from Maine?

[W_HAMILTON]

18. Platner is -- was...? -- the hyped-up hero of those anti-Democratic establishment types.

You can't blame the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Democratic establishment for this debacle.

[mcar]

4. There are actually people on this board who

are still supporting Platner and at the same time insisting that a 25YO soccer player should drop out of tonight's match "if he had any integrity."

Mind. Blown.

[sarisataka]

6. Interesting to see what is the more serious offense

in the eyes of some.

[senseandsensibility]

8. Are you serious?

Or is that hyperbole?

[mcar]

10. Big OP from this morning saying that Balorgun has no integrity

if he doesn't drop out of tonight's match.

Lots of Platner fans here telling us that his victim is a RW plant, that our opinions are worthless if we don't vote in ME. Etc. Etc.

[senseandsensibility]

11. Okay, but was that OP

by a Platner supporter? I guess I'm not getting the connection. But I completely agree that these charges against Platner are disqualifying.

[sarisataka]

12. No hyperbole

there is an overlap of people who have been castigating the US player and team for not having integrity, that if they win it will forever taint their reputation and those supporting this candidate saying they do not care about the allegations- even if they are true.

[In It to Win It]

7. Seems like the people didn't want her.

[J_William_Ryan]

9. "Platner is cooked."

Along with any hope of Democratic controlling the Senate.

[LisaL]

15. He can drop out and the party gets a replacement.

But he has less than a week to drop out. And obviously there is zero guarantee that a replacement would do well.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. The Maine Democratic Party calls on Graham Planter to drop out of the Senate race.

[LisaL]

14. Wasn't that really obvious all along?

[WinningAgain]

16. Plenty of people had real concerns.

But were told not to rock the boat and support him regardless.

[boston bean]

17. I was waiting for the final shoe to drop. It always does. His stories had all the familiar markings of a real scandal.

It was just a matter of time.

Wasn’t worth arguing with people over. This was inevitable.

[Easterncedar]

19. Mills can't beat Collins

And other Dems having seen Collins' opponents lose not only the election but their political careers, did not want to take the chance.

I was never a fan of Platner, and I feel very sorry for my progressive pals who are having to deal with this betrayal (for that is what it is), but he did say so much of the right things. They really wanted to believe, AND, most importantly, he could have taken out Collins. And we all want that.

[WinningAgain]

20. I agree, it doesn't matter who we run now. Maine is lost.