General Discussion

I see this differently. I think Platner is a ticking time bomb scheduled to go off in October. He never should have gotten this far. There have got to be better candidates in Maine.

I'm seeing a lack of leadership on the part of the DNC. A short list of things that have me very worried:

1. The DNC released a report on their analysis of what went wrong in 2024 and it has no analysis, no action plans. It ignores big issues like the I/P protests. It appears to have been written by AI. Basic facts are wrong. (Our local paper reviewed the section on the gubernatorial win in NC and reported that this "analysis" got basic facts wrong and missed the big point - which was that the Republicans ran a disastrous candidate.)

2. I'm watching Talarico twist in the wind in TX and all our party seems to be doing to support him is engage in schoolyard taunting online.

3. Swalwell. Turns out it's more than sexting and even more than harassment. This should have been flagged much earlier. At least he resigned but it's a bad look for us. Should never have run.

4. Platner. Sexting on Kik is not good. His campaign knew about it a year ago. Where's the strategy? The crap keeps piling up. His little Tottenkamp tattoo that he's cute about. His false origin story. Years of problematic statements. Why was he encouraged to run?

5. Most importantly, where is the pushback every single day as we watch our country go down the tubes? Why aren't our leaders holding press conferences every day? I don't want to watch Schumer read from a piece of paper. Where is the fire and strength?

I agree that Democratic voters can be stupid about little things. I'm still angry that Al Franken was forced out (looking at Schumer again).

Whatever the hell is wrong we need to fix it fast.