The Atlantic
Good Match
With Graham Platner, Democrats Got Drunk on the Beer Test
He said there wouldn’t be any more scandals, but a new Politico report threatens to end his Senate campaign in Maine.
Center Left
The New Republic
Graham Platner Got Way Too Many Passes
Left
I always understood Graham Platner’s political appeal, but I wish more people would admit how much aesthetics played a role. The Maine Democrat’s press photo—his ruddy, sun-splashed face, tousled dirty-blonde hair, matching beard, and pecs bursting underneath a fitted black Henley—could easily be confused with the cover of a romance novel. But no, this…
