Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville blasted Democrats for failing to properly vet Graham Platner during a podcast on Wednesday.Democratic Party leaders and liberal commentators who once defended Platner amid previous scandals ranging from controversial rhetoric to a Nazi-associated tattoo have since denounced him over new sexual assault allegations.Maine resident Jenny Racicot accused Platner of rape in interviews with Politico and CNN on Monday, alleging the Senate hopeful entered her home uninvited while intoxicated nearly five years ago and forced himself on her.Platner has denied the allegation. Carville spoke about the election on Wednesday’s episode of "Politics War Room" as a clear case of younger Democrats failing to observe the tried and true political wisdom of the past.EXPLOSIVE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION ROCKS PLATNER CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF KEY DEADLINE IN CRUCIAL SENATE RACEVeteran Democratic strategist James Carville, who had previously been a staunch defender of Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner has since called out the local party for failing to sufficiently vet him like politicians would do in past decades.
(Carville photo via Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD | Platner photo via Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)"The Platner rise was also a rise of a different attitude set," Carville said."It was the consultants of like 27, 28 years old, and they were not sort of straitjacketed by the old rules of politics, and it looked like they had some real success.
I mean, they won.They knocked the incumbent governor — couldn’t even run — and they were kind of ahead in the polls.""If I look back on this… you didn’t vet your own candidate ? You mean you didn’t know?" Carville rhetorically asked of Maine Democrats.
"Okay, we used to get our own oppo researchers to do an oppo research book on us.It’s the most important research you do!""And so they took off in this campaign, and all of this was recent.
It wasn’t way back in some other ...