Also because multiple times, the people who were really invested in that stupid assessment doubled and tripled down, while the people who knew better basically just mumbled non-endorsements and said shit like "It's For The Voters of Maine to decide" while out-of-state money flooded the state
Davy Crockett
In an attempt to have a slam dunk nominee in Maine we nominated probably the worst nominee because people just refused to believe their initial assessment was wrong