Liam Donovan

Like, I raise that only to say, I think that the problem for Plattner may not prove to be a problem, but the risk for Plattner is, oh, I mean, it's a fascinating interview with your New York Times colleagues.

I mean, I found that very interesting when they probed.

How much of this is superficial?

How much of that blue-collar affect is real and legitimate?

And there's some holes that can be poked in here that do not hold up to scrutiny.

This is still a fascinating state with two districts, one of which is—

the conservative sort of, you know, up in Aroostook and Presque Isle, and then there's the coast.

And I think for however many voters that Plattner can get from, you know, the Golden District, how many is he turning off on the coast, notwithstanding his oysterman background?

Is that going to, you know, hold up with some of the people that actually know and have liked Susan Collins in the past?

I think Maine's the easiest kind of threshold.

Like, I think there is a path.

There is a path independent of Maine, but that just tells you, okay, there's the one state where she's still got it, right?

But after those first two, it gets really difficult.

And there is a leap to... I mean, you can take your pick, but I think...

The Ohio race is probably where Democrats have the best shot.

You know, Sherrod Brown is somebody who lost in the previous election to Bernie Moreno, who I don't think Democrats expected for Sherrod Brown to lose to.

He'd been in elective office for the previous 50 years or so.

He's coming back.

He's able to raise a lot of money.

But I think...