Republicans see their grip on Senate tighten amid Democrats’ dysfunction in Maine
Collins’ latest hire follows two chief of staff departures as he faces Jon Ossoff in a race where polling gives the Democrat an early edge.
- On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins hired Andrew Eisenberger to lead his Congressional office, marking his third chief of staff in one year after two predecessors departed amid controversy.
- The move follows repeated attacks from Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who labeled Collins a "notorious bigot, antisemite and extremist," citing his ties to former aides Brandon Phillips and Kip Talley.
- Democratic hopes of flipping the Senate faced setbacks when scandal-ridden Graham Platner dropped out of Maine's race, which columnist George Will argues underscores Democratic dysfunction amid voter concerns about the nation's "exhausting present."
- While critiquing Democrats, Will emphasizes the Republican Party is in no position to claim "moral superiority" given President Donald Trump's influence and Vice President JD Vance's association with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
- Both parties seem unlikely to address whether voters want the "nation's unsavory recent past" to define the future, as uncertainty looms over the 2026 midterms while populism empowers intense, compact minorities.
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GOP 'delusions of moral superiority' can’t erase MAGA’s fatal flaws: George Will
Democrats' hopes of flipping the U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterms hit a major bump in the road when scandal-ridden Graham Platner dropped out of Maine's U.S. Senate race — a scandal that, Never Trump conservative George Will argues in his Washington Post column, underscores the Democratic Party's dysfunction. But Will also emphasizes, in his column, that Republicans are in no position to claim "moral superiority" when President Donald Trump has …
Maine Senate race debacle muddies Democrats’ future
The end of a Democrat’s disastrous bid for a must-win US Senate seat has blunted the party’s efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s agenda. Graham Platner’s populist campaign ignited the Democratic grassroots but many soured on the scandal-plagued candidate, underscoring the deepening rift between the party’s moderates and the left wing. Platner’s defiant departure on Wednesday raised doubts that Democrats could unify behind a replacement, t…
GOP prepares new battle plan after Platner switch-out
Senate Republicans are treating Graham Platner’s exit from the Maine Senate race with a sense of urgency and want to avoid being caught flat-footed as Democrats prepare to field a new candidate. National and state Republicans have begun pulling together all of the opposition research done earlier in the cycle, according to a source familiar with the planning, as a large field of Democrats, most of whom ran for House, Senate, or governor this yea…
Democrats are ‘completely stained’ after backing Platner through multiple scandals, Republicans charge
Graham Platner suspended his Maine Senate race campaign, and Republicans are now using his controversies against Democrats in key midterm House and Senate races.
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