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W_HAMILTON

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40. There absolutely zero indication Platner is more electable.

Reply to Fil1957 (Reply #28)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:37 PM

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I don't even think Platner had ever been elected to anything, much less being more electable than the sitting governor of his state.

The fact that Cook moved this race to a toss-up after Mills announced her candidacy -- but not after Platner announced his -- is even further proof of this.

And older Democrats could get out of the way if the younger generation would put in the effort they did and were ready to have the baton passed to.

After getting burned by Fetterman, I'm sorry, but "I support Sanders and Sanders supports me" is not a good enough reason to vote for someone.

We progressives need to vet our self-proclaimed progressive candidates better and one way to do that is by them cutting their teeth on lower office before they decide to run for one of the most important political offices in the country.

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