Will Maine’s scandal-hit Graham Platner help save or sink Democrats?

“People who know what it’s like, who really know what it’s like to work hard physically, and who know what it’s like to face adversarial circumstances, and to figure out how to get beyond them, and [Platner’s message] resonates with people more than somebody that just has good ideas and can say them articulately,” said Cynthia Phinney, president of Maine’s AFL-CIO labour union.