Actual NYT headline: "Does a Sex Assault Claim Kill a Political Career? It Depends."

[Martin Eden]

32. I can't concur with this: "I'd rather lose the race and the Senate."

The United States is in an existential crisis. Control of the House AND the Senate may determine whether our Constitutional rule of law survives, or fascism tightens its grip beyond reclamation.

The stakes are simply too high to cede the Senate.

I'm not saying we would have a better chance to win by sticking with Platner. This is a hypothetical question prompted by the statement quoted in my subject title.

I am weighing the laudable principle of maintaining a higher standard for our candidates than the Republicans against the survival of our democracy, and I feel compelled to choose the latter.

It's possible that control of the Senate in 2027 & 2028 may not be the deciding factor. On the other hand, it might.

Again, this is hypothetical. We will never know if Platner with all his baggage would have won, or if he would have been the Senator that Maine voters hoped he would be. Nor do we know at this point if the new nominee will win.

I'm just saying that faced with an either/or proposition, I choose winning control of the Senate.