This is the take. I don't live in Maine, so there's nothing I can do about him.
But it makes the other races even more important. Cause there's a pretty reasonable chance that Collins is going to steamroll him, when the Next Three Things About Him drop.
Kenneth Trease
The practical effect of the Platner nomination is that the Democrats should redouble their efforts in all of the other more winnable Senate races now, just hunker down for whatever's coming next about Platner, and try not to let the fallout hit other Dem races.