I saw a couple of self righteous republican pundits bashing Mr. Platner of Maine. Now I'm not sure he would get my vote, though the other candidates are quite old. One of them actually was on the trump campaign. Talk about a flawed candidate!! we all know the story. They then tried to defend Ken Paxton who if he wasn't attorney general, would be in prison. Also saw an ad for a senate candidate in Kentucky, made being white the reason to vote for him. All of these people most likely wouldn't make a ballot if primaries were open to independents. Lets make that happen.