With the Senate campaign of Maine’s Graham Platner blowing up in their faces, Democrats everywhere are giving each other tearful gobs of solace and advice.
Some are comparing Platner’s scandal-driven collapse and last-minute withdrawal to the 2024 presidential campaign, when a befuddled Joe Biden withdrew in early July and his vice president, Kamala Harris, was handed the nomination.
The comparison reflects deep pessimism among Dems about their chances now of winning the Maine seat held by GOP incumbent Susan Collins, which is crucial to their hopes of gaining a Senate majority.
Part of that pessimism stems from the fact that Harris continues to claim her lopsided loss to Donald Trump was largely because she got the nomination only 107 days before Election Day.
She wrote an entire book with that title, as if that alone explains her flameout. But she still refuses to accept the fact that she was a terrible candidate who refused to advance an agenda that was distinct from the failed and unpopular record she and Biden produced.
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