The Platner post-mortem: taking on the DNC establishment
The Graham Platner campaign is a ship taking on water — and the Democratic establishment is still arguing about who gets to hold the bucket. Paul Rieckhoff saw the collapse coming from the first interview, and now he's on the record with former DNC Chair Jamie Harrison about the Nazi tattoo, the Reddit posts, the botched vetting, and why Maine's 300,000 independents deserve better than another party-machine rerun. This is the no-BS post-mortem the consultant class doesn't want you to hear.
Maine was supposed to be the Democrats' shot at taking down Susan Collins. Instead, they got Graham Platner — a candidate propped up…
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