I've said it before but he's not going to be anything like the ogre. The ogre never ran a progressive campaign, he just had a working class aesthetic in a way that seemed genuine. He did not have progressive (for a Dem) policies. Platner does. Will he deliver on them? I dunno, he sure seems to have a soft spot for war crimes so you can't trust him, but he's consistent laying out one of the most progressive programs of any Dem senate candidate. He won't suddenly become a Trump-supporting, ICE-loving, Israel-slobbing lunatic like the ogre who is proudlymore right wing than your average Republican voter. That was essentially in line with the ogre's positions.

Platner's program is left of Bernie, including regarding the US military and Israel. He'll probably vote closer to what people on this site want than anybody else in the Senate. But it's barely going to make any difference at all because it's just electionslop.

People who think he's gonna be the ogre II will look a fool in a year or two.