He might. But now a lot of people voting in Pennsylvania - a swing state like Maine - are watching their senator fight with a guy in Maine, and now they know who he is, and this is why you don't run guys with lots of baggage if you can help it.
Tom Nichols
Sure, the style is gross. But one of the most common worries I've seen Democrats have about Platner is that, "He'll end up being another Fetterman."