Long article in the NYT about the "slow rolling disaster"

by omahadomer, Thursday, July 09, 2026, 11:28 (12 days ago) @ Jack

his campaign was. Three out-of-state Sanders-loving "recruiters" decided Platner was the guy and talked him into it doing almost no research into his past. Those around Platner wanted him to stay out of the race for his own good but by then the Sanders types had convinced him he was the next Obama.

The "vetting" was a 50-page memo from a research firm that basically scanned the Internet, included no interviews with him, and said "he checks out."

Even that didn't catch the 12 years of Reddit posts minimizing rape in the military and homophobic comments.

Every time something bad came out, Platner said there was nothing more to come -- yet there was a lot of it.

I haven't given any money in the Maine Senate race and I won't unless I see some reliable polling that says it's within reach. But I think I know how this story ends. Susan Collins gets to keep being "concerned" for another 6 years.

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"Somewhere in Middle America"