Last September, the progressive strategist Morris Katz confessed to The New Yorker that the process by which he decided Graham Platner was qualified to run for U.S. Senate required less time than drinking a cup of coffee. Actually, it seems to have been less a confession than a boast. “Within a few minutes of talking to him, I was, like, ‘This guy owes it to the country to run for Senate,’” Katz recalled. In the 10 months that have followed, a procession of unflattering stories have made clear h