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29 Kommentare
of course he does look at the milquetoast geriatric fucks he’s up against
Maybe the center right should have chosen someone other than a geriatric to represent them.
I don’t really have a pony in the race, because I’m not a Mainer, but I don’t trust Blackwater Bonaduce. Politics is all about relationships, and I’m worried about someone with Platner’s Rolodex.
I deeply hope my fears are unfounded, because I like so much about the guy. But the flags are GOP-red, and that makes me uncomfortable.
Again: could be, and want to be, proven wrong. But I won’t be convinced until I see how he handles being an elected official or how he shows up if he loses his bid.
And Collins. That part is important since so many neo-libs on here want to push the idea that left candidates are unelectable
Not sure when dem leadership will learn their voters are done with the old Status quo. Them being so obvious in thier disdain is only going to make thier downfall hit harder.
Democrats are so inept they are going to let the guy with a nazi tattoo and no established political views beyond what he has said during his campaign win their primary.. I’m sure that will work out well.
All that matters is if he can beat Collins
Vote blue. No matter who.
Good luck to him, hope he wins the primary but i hope a republican doesn’t win the general.
And pease don’t be another Fetterman. I would rather of had Conor Lamb, the establisment dem, instead of that pile of fuck.
„An Emerson College Polling survey released on Thursday showed Platner leading Mills by about 27 points in the Senate Democratic contest, with Platner receiving 55 percent support while the Maine governor received 28 percent. A separate 17 percent said “someone else” or were undecided.
Platner received 48 percent while Collins received 41 percent, and a separate 12 percent said “someone else” or were unsure. “
Please don’t pull a Fetterman on us.
This guy really just rubs me the wrong way. In every interview nothing is his fault. He never takes responsibility for his actions.
It’s really surprising to me how much this guy has become a lefty star when fucking Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan is right there. Abdul holds better policy positions than Plattner and centrist Haley Stevens is demonstrably worse than Janet Mills. And literally ain’t no chance Abdul is gonna turn Fetterman after being elected. All this Plattner energy would be much better directed toward Michigan’s open seat, IMO. Progressives notched a pretty big win here in Illinois blocking corporatist Raja from holding a Senate seat for sale to the highest bidder; it would be a massive win to do the same in Michigan and stop AIPAC Haley.
I genuinely don’t know if this is a good thing or not
The “accidental” Nazi progressive? Yay. I guess.
Boy I can’t wait for six years of dumbasses in Maine saying “there were no signs! We had no idea Platner was another Fetterman”
Good. It’s time for everyone to stop elder abuse via electing geriatrics into office.
As a Mainer, I cannot wait to vote for Platner in the Fall. Hopefully we finally retire Collins, the old hag.
Couple things I noticed in this poll.
1. Platner’s support is still coming from mostly young people. They end up turning out the least in elections. Turnout is generally the biggest source of error in polls. People don’t really admit they aren’t voting. If turnout is looking low on election day, this race is much closer.
2. With all primary polls, it’s hard to poll primaries. It’s hard to gather a good breakout of the different factions of each party because there’s no registering as a progressive Democrat, a moderate Democrat, etc
3. Platner’s strength among young, high income, high education men and much lower support outside these groups continues to fascinate me.
4. Platner is a couple points ahead of Mills for the general, but there is a big red flag in there: only 58% of Mills supporters said they’d vote for Platner if he’s the nominee. Compared to 80% of Platner supporters who said they’d vote for Mills if she’s the nominee. This means that Platner is running ahead of Mills due to winning a lot of Independents who don’t vote in primaries. (Mills and Platner both are pulling less than 5% of Republicans). Since we have open primaries, these people are generally low turnout even in generals. So to actually pull ahead of Mills, he needs good turnout from the lowest turnout groups
Edit to add a 5th point. We are the whitest state in the nation, so this doesn’t matter much and could be small sample size among non whites doing weird things. But interesting to note that Platner vs Collins in the general, whites are Platner +10 and non whites are Collins+9
I’m disappointed that we didn’t get more candidates like Planter to run this cycle. Especially in the house we had an opportunity to really get rid of the bought and paid for politicians on the Dem side. We are missing our Team Party moment.
After this election progressives need to form their own party and use their voting power to force establishment Dems to fuck off and go spend time with their grandkids or drool over a pudding cup.
I worry this guy is going to be another fetterman.
Edit: I’m just not buying it. Blackwater jobs attract people with certain types of personalities. Those people don’t change as they get older, in fact they get worse. I feel the nazi tattoo and the his career choices up until now are big red flags. There are conservatives out there trying to portray themselves as reformed thinking that will give them authenticity with Democratic voters. I get why they do it. Because it works. It’s working here. Never underestimate the lies they are willing to tell.
The Democrats can beat the Republican without being ok with Nazis
Wow, lots of bots working for Susan Collins in here.
Why is the choice between an 80 year old, a guy with a Nazi tattoo and Susan Collins?
All the people screaming “NEO-LIBS HATE LEFTIST CANDIDATES!” are gonna be shocked when the dude with a Nazi tattoo turns out to be the next Sinema/Fetterman.
It’s like Charlie Brown and the football.
Serious question.
What the heck is his deal?
Is he 1) honest and just a dude fumbling through life doing his best and making a wild journey 2) a plant, meant to screw up democracy, 3) a total idiot?
The fact that someone with a Nazi tattoo is leading the primary for a major political party for a Senate seat is wild
Planter has vulnerabilities, but he’s still an interesting guy. Hope he’s able to defeat Collins in the general.
Worried about the nazi thing. But the military is very right-winged. I had a similar experience, went in the navy Maga, and a few years later, once I left my conservative bubble, I became a commie. So perhaps he’s had a change of heart. Or maybe he’s just doing the whole populist thing.