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I have plenty of exposure. It is because I know the Republicans are vile that I do not want the opposing party to embrace Platner's views or demonstrate that red-brown chuddishness are not electoral liabilities.

Platner isn't running on a fascist agenda so I'm not sure where the red brown alliance comes from. He says LESS fascist stuff than many moderate Democrats lol

If Platner was coming out and saying "actually Trump is getting stuff right on trans people and immigrants" you'd have a point but he's not (unlike some moderate Dems)

Simple question: Do you think he’ll vote for a Democrat to be majority leader and thus make Democrats committee chairs?

Good question. Insufficient data. Republican yesterday, maybe Republican tomorrow. Belligerent vs Senate D caucus & leadership. OTOH, Collins. Unenviable choice -- but irrelevant unless Collins oppo cannon shoots blanks.

Honestly, this argument only matters if you think he's 51. Given the polling and how strong of a candidate we know Collins is in ME he's probably 53ish. NC, OH, AK, IA are the path to 51. ME and TX are longshots. Don't sleep on FL either.

Yes, but that's a pyrrhic victory. The lasting harm a Nazi (D) will do far outweighs any short term gains. The DNC is in debt and can't raise money. Every candidate is being asked about platner. The response to any Democrat who calls out Republican racism will be "yeah, well y'all elected a Nazi"

We've had literal former KKK members as Senate Democrats and no I don't think that helped Republicans make the argument of "actually Democrats are the real racists"

An argument to have with specific states who either can't field better candidates, or better candidates who can't get their message out. For Maine (!), at this point and barring some risky ranked-vote strategy maybe, it's either vote for the known Trump entity, or the alternative. Sucks but is.

Not pyrrhic if we get to block lifetime SCOTUS appointments, actually.