The Platner Debacle: A Cautionary Tale of Party Rifts and Eroding Trust Graham Platner's meteoric rise and catastrophic fall in Maine's Senate contest has exposed deep rifts within the Democratic party, threatening to derail their hopes for a mid term victory.
His sudden withdrawal from the campaign on Wednesday cited "the structures that are being taken away from us by those in power," rather than the damaging allegations against him.
The timing of these allegations was particularly ill fated, coming just 48 hours after they were published by Politico.