Will Vermont's Bernie go 0 for 2?

By Ted Cohen

The first time wasn't a charm for Vermont's senior socialist U.S. senator but Bernie Sanders couldn't care less.

Actually Sanders hopes Maine voters also won't be able to care less about his first (failed) attempt to endorse a U.S. Senate in their state.

Bernie is now placing his bets with socialist Troy Jackson, the default candidate Democrats in Maine chose after Sanders' favored candidate, Graham Platner, quit the race amid scandalous allegations of rape by a former girlfriend.

After Platner withdrew from the effort to unseat five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Bernie refused to acknowledge his embarrassing ignorance of clear warning signs that Platner was a confirmed misogynist, if not worse.

Platner had been previously accused by other former girlfriends of abusive behavior towards them even before the allegation of sexual assault surfaced.

But Bernie saw nothing to dissuade his first choice - and even after the rape claim wouldn't so much as even acknowledge he made a terrible misjudgment.

Now Sanders is returning to Maine to try his hand at influencing elections, proving the suspicion he's seemingly more focused on politics than trying to do something about the price you are paying for gas, heating oil and housing.

Bernie returns next weekend to campaign alongside Jackson, bringing the nation’s most recognizable democratic-socialist politician back into a race that could help determine control of the Senate.

Sanders is scheduled to appear with Jackson at a Bangor, Maine rally October 10, before the pair heads south for campaign events in Lewiston, Maine and Biddeford, Maine on October 11.

Bernie's attempt to elect his ilk in Maine is about far more than Troy Jackson.

Sanders is still reportedly setting his eyes on a third run for the presidency, so it's in his selfish interest to invest in political quid-pro-quos now to help set the stage for his possible return to national politics.

Heavyweight political analyst Mark Halperin "says the political winds are blowing strong for the former Burlington mayor" making another attempt at being president, Vermont Daily Chronicle editor Guy Page reported recently.