Graham Platner has traversed a long and unlikely road to become the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in Maine. Can he beat longtime GOP incumbent Susan Collins and live up to the promise of his firebrand populist campaign?
Yeah, I hear ya, I really do, but here’s the thing - he’s still on the books as a Democrat, so if everything else lines up, he makes it so the Dems control the Senate, even if he isn’t playing along. If the count is close enough, with two DINOs (Fetterman), it might mean they can’t win some votes, but as the Majority Party, they still control the legislative schedule, and most importantly they control committees, including investigative and oversight committees with subpoena and arrest powers.
Any Dem legislation isn’t going to go anywhere anyway, because Trump will never sign it, so the real job over the next 2 years will be investigating people, getting things on the record, impeaching where possible, etc., and cranking up the outrage for 2028. In a situation like that, DINOs still have a big impact, just by keeping the majority control out of MAGA hands.
Yeah, I hear ya, I really do, but here’s the thing - he’s still on the books as a Democrat, so if everything else lines up, he makes it so the Dems control the Senate, even if he isn’t playing along. If the count is close enough, with two DINOs (Fetterman), it might mean they can’t win some votes, but as the Majority Party, they still control the legislative schedule, and most importantly they control committees, including investigative and oversight committees with subpoena and arrest powers.
Any Dem legislation isn’t going to go anywhere anyway, because Trump will never sign it, so the real job over the next 2 years will be investigating people, getting things on the record, impeaching where possible, etc., and cranking up the outrage for 2028. In a situation like that, DINOs still have a big impact, just by keeping the majority control out of MAGA hands.