My Monday Corner post about data centers asserted, “Janet Mills’s defiance of the state’s Democratic state legislative majority may be seen as a de facto surrender to her rival in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, Graham Platner.”
This morning, Mills announced she is ending her Senate bid, no doubt one of the most surprising surrenders since the fall of Paris. From the start of her campaign, Mills faced criticism that she was too old and her methods were outdated, and she could not withstand a tough campaign, much like the Maginot Line. Today is the last day of Mills’s bid for the Senate seat; tomorrow belongs to Platner.
Panzer — excuse me, Platner’s support has so far been strongest among the young in the cities on the East Coast, but we can expect a quick, aggressive expansion of support in a western direction — a blitzkrieg, if you will. Now Platner will likely expand the air war with television advertisements, bombard Maine residents with mailers, and rapidly deploy door-knockers, storming neighborhoods across the state. He is likely to repeat his desire to put more people onto trains.
The Republican nominee will be Senator Susan Collins. The senator’s father, Donald Collins, was wounded twice during the Battle of the Bulge. An infantry sergeant, he earned two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star. Donald Collins was also a state senator, so you could say she has carried on a family tradition.