Jon Lovett
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6 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 8 Sep
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If these stories had come out later, I think the challenge is going to be, um,
You had all these voters who turned out and voted for Graham Platner despite the Reddit posts, despite the tattoos in the story and all the other scandals.
They were turning out to signal that they wanted something different and that they were angry at the establishment.
And I don't know who in Maine can speak to that anger, but also has been vetted by the party and has been through the political process.
Because look, as much as Janet Mills' supporters
deserve to be angry and deserve the I told you so's they're saying today.
The problem was that Maine voters were not supporting her.
They didn't want to vote for her.
And so this wasn't like some online vibes issue.
It was like what the electorate was saying in the state where it matters.
So I think I don't know where they go from here.
Yeah, look, obviously a big lesson here is that vetting is really important.
And some of the vetting gets done by campaigns themselves.
And then ultimately it will be done by the media if the campaigns don't figure that part out.
But like, we should be clear about what kind of stuff comes up in vetting.
Like the Reddit posts should come up in vetting, like online accounts that should come up in vetting.
I've never heard of a campaign like kind of calling exes to sort of suss out stories like this, right?
I mean, I think what happens is campaigns,
have conversations with the candidate, they ask them a series of questions.
If the candidate is not candid back to them, then they're in a very difficult position.
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