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Ocelot II
(131,526 posts)But if I did, I'd be considering the basic question of whether Platner or Collins would vote in ways that would better serve Maine and the US in general. Call it realpolitik or something like that, but we're not choosing babysitters for our children or pastors for our church. This isn't to say character flaws should be excused or ignored just because the flawed person is on our side of the aisle, but Senators have one job, which is to represent the interests of their constituency. Which one of them would do better at that job? Maybe it's too bad that other and less problematic candidates haven't attracted as much interest (and I know the primary is next week so there's no official nominee yet), but the choice at this point seems like it will be binary. Do the people of Maine want to stick with Collins, whom they know, or take their chances with someone with some uncomfortable baggage?
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