Great read, Paul, well said. Plattner’s flaws bother me a bit, but not nearly as much as they would have prior to Trump. I think the questions about his character stop dead in their tracks after “Does he have any felony convictions?” (No)

Been thinking about your 2006 campaign and how once again I’ve realized that yelling at my TV isn’t gonna change anything. Living in severely gerrymangled NC now and have hooked up with a heavy Dem underdog in district 9, Richard Ojeda. He’s up against 7-term incumbent Trump puppet Richard Hudson, the chair of the RCCC. I have borrowed your slogan from 2006, which was as I recall “When I go to Washington as your Congressman, I’m taking my backbone with me!”