Liam Donovan

They might have voted for Janet Mills, but they wouldn't vote for Graham Platner.

So I think that's one.

I wouldn't say it's number two, but it's the most obvious.

Yeah, I mean, I think this is

I don't have a good answer on the on the point.

I think the the value of Plattner is he's the high variance candidate at a time when having lost with a Syria Gideon type variance is your friend.

So that's the logic of a Plattner pick.

I'm not quite sure what's happening the point, except that Janet Mills ran kind of a somnambulant campaign.

It was just she didn't.

I would argue, as a Susan Collins, I've been around her for 20 years.

Like, I think she's sharper than or as sharp as ever.

I don't want to over I don't want to turn it to Joe Biden stuff.

But like, no, I actually think that she's she's strong and sharp.

and whether her brand is still what the people of Maine want.

I mean, I hope they do, but we'll have to see.

It's a stark contrast there.

But I think the dynamic of Platner versus Mills, one of these guys has energy, one of you guys out there, you know,

doing things that's at least interesting.

You might not like him, but at least it's interesting.

She seemed to have to be pulled into the race.