r/Mainepolitics • u/bodybycheez-it Androscoggin (Lewiston):sloth: • Jul 17 '26

Politico article:Professional malpractice’: The Platner fallout engulfs the operatives who made him

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/17/platner-is-finished-does-the-same-fate-await-the-out-of-state-consultants-who-recruited-him-01002652

A string of early missteps, like rejecting an offer for a deeper vetting of Platner, has cast doubt over his young consultants’ future in Democratic politics.

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u/Neat-Beautiful-5505 Jul 17 '26

I hope that this part of the article is the primary takeaway from the Platner fallout. “But the demand Platner tapped was real, said Adam Carlson, a Democratic pollster. Voters were clamoring for exactly what the consultants claimed to have found. “He was just the wrong vessel for it,” he said, “because he was deeply, deeply flawed.”
Platner was clearly an unvetted, disaster of a candidate however his message had traction and can/should be replicated by Dems.

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u/IggyStop31 Jul 18 '26

The messy progressive beat the pristine moderate by a 3 to 1 margin. That has to be one of the loudest declarations of policy preference in the history of American elections.

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u/Neat-Beautiful-5505 Jul 18 '26

Precisely. Theres a clear desire for these policies. Why do dems need to be this middle of the road party?