While I deeply appreciate so much of what Gov. Mills has done for Maine over her administration, I don’t think she can beat Sen. Susan Collins. Mills’ position as a traditional Democrat and her age work against her appealing to the many disenchanted voters in Maine, especially younger voters and those in the 2nd District. Very simply, we need those voters to beat Collins. 

Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times published a strong opinion piece on Oct. 31 explaining Graham Platner’s viability: “… he’s nothing like the Edgelord caricature I encountered online. And the crowds he’s bringing out — some of the largest in Maine, I heard repeatedly, since Barack Obama ran for president — are testament to a roiling discontent among Democrats that seems bound, one way or another, to transform the party …”

“The party, he said, needs to rediscover its commitment to the ‘big, courageous, structural change that got us the best wins we’ve ever had, like Social Security, like Medicare, like Medicaid. If we want our party to be that again, we need to take it back. Nobody is coming to save us.’”

Betty Robinson
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