But the end of Platner’s campaign was a massive relief to Democrats who saw their tough road to retake control of the Senate crumbling if he continued on against Collins in one of the most critical races on the map.

Nothing that’s been done by anyone in Maine in the last week has given this Democrat any relief. I was 1000 times more optimistic with the Kamala switch than this train wreck.

This article is very establishment-biased and presents things like the adults are back in charge and any problems are because Platner was being antagonistic to the party leaders rather than the leaders themselves lobbing accusations through the press and putting personal desires over party unity. The accusations that took him down may not be the conspiracy, but the Maine Democratic party leadership is definitely conspiring to maximize their personal power over what’s good for the state and party.

They built a nominating process where insiders get to pick all the voters while showing zero interest in engaging the campaign that won an overwhelming primary victory. He was right not to trust them!