Good riddance to men who sexually assault women.

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101. First off, he's not my guy.

I'm not in Maine, but if I was, my first choice was Mills. I generally don't trust populists until they have a track record. But given the numbers he was able to pull in the primary, the big turnout, and the excitement, I figured he had a damn good chance of unseating Collins. For me, it's control of the Senate that's most important. I'll cut cards with the devil to get it, but only to a point.

Secondly, many Dems demand perfection and are endlessly disappointed. We're candidate purity first, agenda second. Republicans are the opposite and their agenda moves forward. Ours does not.

Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, I don't burn people on the slightest pretext. Particularly in election season. Way too much shit flying around to do that since it's difficult to judge rationally what's true and what isn't. If it is true, I'll help you burn him. But I don't think we know enough yet other than he said / she said, and Republicans willing to go to extremes to hold onto the Senate.

Lets see how he responds to this. That may clear some of the uncertainty. If he screws it up and can't adequately defend himself, most likely it's true. If so, I'm with you. We will see.