Well, I suspect Graham Platner is done...

[mr715]

And the party will install Jared Golden.

Couple of things: Golden can probably win Maine, but he is going to be ideologically Fetterman. Had Fetterman any ideology left in his melted brain.

[GPV]

1. Golden already said he wants out of politics. He won't go for senate, nor

would I want him to as he tends to appease the magat voters here.

[chelsea0011]

2. I was a supporter but he is toast

and needs to drop out immediately so Maine can use its two weeks to get another name on ballot which be Mills

[TBF]

3. Hmmmmmmmmm .......

Seen in the NYTimes (front page, seconds ago):

Donna Brazile, a former chair of the Democratic National Committee, suggested in a social media post it was time for Platner to end his campaign. “Sure, take the rest of the day and night. Tomorrow, we need a plan and Mr. Platner can step aside and focus on his family and well-being,” Brazile wrote on X.



Well, that's one "democratic socialist" down.

[questionseverything]

7. If platner says he didn't do it, he should keep campaigning

We always knew AIPAC would toss everything at him including the kitchen sink

[EdmondDantes_]

9. Did AIPAC tell her to tell multiple other people in 2023 just in case he randomly ran for office?

Conspiracy theories always fall apart once you bring logic to them.

Believe victims. It's not that hard.

[questionseverything]

15. If she had gone to the police, sworn out a warrant and the grand jury voted to indict

I would give her the benefit of the doubt but w/o charges maybe she isn’t completely sure what she is selling

I have a hard time believing she is concerned about him being in public office when she evidently had no concern he would rape someone else…

[Boo1]

21. Rape aplogizim

And victim blaming.

Hear the same things said on far right forums.

[AloeVera]

34. Already tried and convicted, just like Al Franken.

Could Ms Gillibrand be far behind?

[LisaL]

39. Franken was not accused of rape.

And by the way, Swalwell had to drop out over similar allegations. Nothing was proven there either.

[Boo1]

45. Im sure she

Wrote about and told people 5 years ago just in case she needed to ruin his Senate campaign one day....

[AloeVera]

55. Like clockwork:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221355015

I must be clairvoyant.

[Boo1]

56. Good!

Everyone else should pull their endorsement as well. Should have never given it to him in the first place.

[onenote]

41. So you didn't give Kavanaugh's accusers the benefit of the doubt?

[yardwork]

60. Is AIPAC involved in these accusations?

This most recent accuser says she shares Platner's political beliefs.

[sarisataka]

62. Of course "They" are behind it

Even if there isn’t any proof which is proof in and of itself, you know money and all

[sarisataka]

61. I wondered when that would show up nt

[2naSalit]

4. He wasn't even...

On the ballot. I suspect that the officials will go with someone who was running for the seat in the first place, that would mean either Mills or Costello, they ranked high in the ranked choice vote so it would make sense to go with one of them.

Golden is worthless and leaving politics, he'd be worse than fetterman.

[LisaL]

40. My understanding it can be anybody.

He or she doesn't have to be on the ballot. But Platner has to drop out first.

[Easterncedar]

5. Golden? No way

[Klarkashton]

6. He should have known all this shit would come out.

Only trump can get away with it.

[EdmondDantes_]

8. That won't happen for multiple reasons

Golden is leaving politics and his approval rating is garbage. It wouldn't satisfy any voters in Maine. The party really isn't out to get progressives no matter how much of a persecution complex you have about it.

And Fetterman was running to the left of Connor Lamb when he ran for Senate. Just because you don't like his positions now, doesn't mean he ran as a centrist being shoved down your throat. He was endorsed by Bernie Sanders. He was the progressive candidate in that primary. Whether it was the stroke or something else, he hasn't voted like one and that can always happen. You make the best choices you have with the information available at the time.

[Boo1]

23. Maybe we should stop listening to Bernie

His endorsements doesn't have great track records for us

[TBF]

24. Maybe we should stop attacking our own. Smh. nt

[Boo1]

27. Maybe 'our own'

Should stop endorsing shitheads

[TBF]

29. That's how you refer to fellow democrats?

Or just the democrats that you decide are "democratic socialists"?

It's a rhetorical question - it's not difficult to see what is going on here.

[SocialDemocrat61]

36. What is going on here?

[Boo1]

38. Im not a Democratic Socialist

So they arent my 'own'.

I like democrats, not people who attack them.

[TBF]

57. So, it's the end of the big tent era.

Good to know.

[onenote]

43. It would be better if shithead didn't try to become our candidate

[Boo1]

46. We could wish

[dem4decades]

50. That's some sound advice.

[dem4decades]

51. That's some sound advice.

[dem4decades]

52. That's some sound advice.

[ImNotGod]

35. As voters and politicians how are we to know a persons true past if victims of serious crimes don't report

them? I'm sure Bernie sucks at mind reading.

[onenote]

54. I guess that makes Kavanaugh's accusers are the ones that let us down.

[Sympthsical]

10. Why, did something happen?

[obamanut2012]

13. Extremely credible rape allegations

With contemperaneous (sic) emails and notes to her therapy, same with her then boyfriend, etc. And several other things.

[Sympthsical]

17. I saw

I was gone all morning, came in, and scrolling down GD was all Platner.

I kind of wish DU had megathreads like Reddit does.

As for Platner, he's done. There's contemporaneous corroboration. I believe her.

[obamanut2012]

11. It isn't going to be Golden

He isn't even a Democrat.

[Quiet Em]

12. I think they'll go with one of the Governor Candidates, Troy Jackson or Shenna Bellows,

or perhaps Joe Baldacci who ran for CD-02.

[obamanut2012]

14. Why not Costello?

[Quiet Em]

16. I like Costello, but he didn't get a lot of votes

[Cha]

59. Then.. maybe if Planter is off

the ballot by July 13( that's what I read here, anyway), and against Collins, David Costello has a chance?

[Quiet Em]

63. I would imagine he is one of the candidates being considered to replace Platner

I really don't know how they pick the replacement, or even who picks the replacement. Maine has a few solid choices though. There were a few candidates who all ran for Governor and only one could win. Hannah Pingree won that primary contest so the other Democratic candidates for Governor might be options as well.

[Cha]

64. Thank you for your thoughtful response, Em.

Here's to the best choice being made.

What a revolting development this is!

Ha! That just came to me from a TV show in the '50s when I was a kid.

[Ars Longa]

18. I heard it was David Costello

the 3rd Senate candidate--behind Mills!

[mr715]

19. Any source?

He isn't a bad choice, but he isn't a good one. He finished 3rd.

[Ars Longa]

20. I was observing this thread--

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21354150

I didn't mean to imply this was some official decision -- I thought this would make sense
going forward..

He is similar ideologically to Platner - without the sordid stuff!

[mr715]

22. Yeah I don't know.

Platner's appeal was his delivery and his energy.

Turns out he is likely a rapist.

So... I'm out.

I've switched sides on this race too many times too count. 4!

[Ars Longa]

25. My observation from afar-- is that there is a "Critical Mass"

of folks in Maine who are just all F***ing DONE with the Susan
Colllins routine after 30 years!! And, a decent progressive (Costello?)
could fare very well in Nov!

[mr715]

26. I don't know about that.

I suspect we need a celebrity.

[Ars Longa]

31. Steven King??

[mr715]

33. That was my suggestion.

We need someone to step up.

Stephen King has the politics, profile, and portfolio.

[Ars Longa]

42. I'm cool with it!

If he wants to do it..........?

[mr715]

44. ...can we beg?

[J_William_Ryan]

28. "Monkey Business"

Only Democratic candidate are subject to this (double) standard.

[harumph]

30. I think Coventina said it best in another thread - if he was guilty

(hiding crimes) he shouldn't have run because truth will out. Bad move on Platner's part and I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt earlier in the process. I do think to avoid this shit, at the national and state levels, there needs to be better examination and vetting of candidates. The fact Maine only had Platner or Mills is just dumb. We need to get our fucking shit together.

[LisaL]

37. Bernie and Warren asked him a week before the primary

if credible sexual assault allegations are going to be coming.
I guess they could tell where the wind was blowing from.

[harumph]

47. Well I guess he lied to them.

[LisaL]

53. As I recall, even Bernie admitted

that Platner gave no assurances on various potential trouble.

[harumph]

58. Gee, I would take that as a "Yes, there is something that may come out."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. The Maine Democratic Party calls on Graham Planter to drop out of the Senate race.

[flvegan]

48. So the guy with the nazi tattoo and shitty Reddit history

and the various accusations of some kind of sexual misconduct or another turned out to be an even bigger problem?

Huh, go figure.

[ColoringFool]

49. Remember: Only Mainers Can Have An Opinion! ......

Or so I've read on DU.

[AloeVera]

65. How did you know, O Wise One?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221357736

[mr715]

66. I suspected the worst outcome.