Hardscrabble adults who’ve rough and tumbled and know a bit of the world…grown players understand that in the annals of power and politics, persons of principle and conviction are sometimes unfortunately forced to choose between two less-than-ideal outcomes….not good vs. even worse…sometimes you have to suck it up and pick.
Barring a miracle, whichever Democrat steps into the Platner breach is almost certain to lose against Susan Collins. Because there’s no one in the wings with any of that Platner proletariat mystique, his glaring personal faults notwithstanding. For better or worse, Cheyenne Hunt essentially did this.
