Dan Pfeiffer

They're taking away your freedom of speech, your freedom of assembly, all these things.

There's just something there for Democrats to adopt.

I think it would be quite appealing with a lot of people who are sick of the way politics is going right now.

Because what people want from government is Social Security, Medicare, Affordable Care Act, tax credits, all those things.

What they don't want is mass dice agents.

They don't want someone to tell them what to say.

They don't want someone to tell them who to love, who to marry, when they can have a baby, what health care decisions they make.

And there's something in that space for Democrats going forward.

But why don't you tell us how you feel?

Here's my take.

If Janet Mills wants to run for Senate, she should run for Senate.

And if she wins the primary, she beat Graham Plattner, she'll be the nominee.

I'll support her.

I'll donate it to her the next day.

My problem is not with Janet Mills.

My problem is with Senator Schumer and the DSCC deciding to endorse in this primary, to get involved in an open seat primary, which is not something they do very often.

And I just don't understand how you can look at everything that's happened in American politics the last 10 years, and particularly in 2024, and conclude with absolute certainty that the best path forward is to nominate a two-term incumbent 77-year-old governor at a time when people are mad at politics, they're mad at the Democratic Party, they are worried about the gerontocracy, and they want change.

Like we should at least be- When you put it that way.

Well, you just have your mind open to the idea that the way to beat Susan Collins, who is a very hard person to beat.

This is not- A lot of times you end up with these generic Republicans in blue states and you just need a generic Democrat to beat them.