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Former aides to President Barack Obama discussed divisions among Maine Democrats over the party's troubled U.S.Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen.
Susan Collins, with one warning Democrats to "get over your s---."Maine's Senate race has drawn national attention after Democrats replaced their initial candidate, Graham Platner, following sexual assault allegations against him.His replacement, Troy Jackson, has faced controversies of his own.Even so, Obama, the former boss of the "Pod Save America" hosts, recently released an endorsement video urging Maine voters not to sit out the election.
The hosts discussed why Obama might have chosen that message.Former Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer told his co-hosts that "It is true, and we have — this has been sort of mysterious to both of us — that there are a significant number of people in Maine who seem not to like Troy Jackson, including some Democrats."DEM WHO ABANDONED PLATNER AFTER SEX ASSAULT CLAIM NOW SCRAMBLES FOR HIS VOTERSHoward Daniel "Dan" Pfeiffer, was a White House senior advisor for former President Barack Obama.(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"Yeah," former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau agreed.
"That’s my biggest worry."Pfeiffer offered his assessment of the feuds between Democrats, saying, "And, so I think a little whether there are people who supported Platner who didn't like Platner being gone or the process by which we got here, or people who were supporting Mills who don't like any of this and Mills and Jackson do not like each other.And as of like, two weeks ago, Mills had not endorsed Jackson and Jackson had not asked for the endorsement.""Everyone get over your s--- and let's try to win this race," he added. "I think there is some sense or fear, maybe, that some of the people who are not enthusiastic about Jackson for some reason because of how this process played out may sit out and so just like ‘get in here, get in the fight,’" Pfeiffer said of Obama’s video.
"I ...