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The Cutler Files
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Something is happening over here. It appears that some one out there has decided it is time to target Independent Eliot Cutler with an attack site and oppo dump. Cutlerfiles.com was brought to my attention yesterday by a high level staffer in the Maine Democratic Party, and buzz about the site has been circulating since [...]
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EPA Puts Maine’s Biomass Industry On Notice
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Congress may have ended their session before they were able to pass job-killing energy regulations, but the EPA is taking up the slack, gearing up to begin enforcing it’s “tailoring rule” starting in January, the EPA will begin issuing “permits” designed to “allow” carbon emitters like power plants. In return for receiving this gift from [...]
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Wave Elections, And Seats No One Thought Would Fall
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
By most objective analysis, we are headed for what is known in politics as a “wave” election. The concept shouldn’t be too unfamiliar to us, as we just experienced two successive wave years. In 2006, largely in response to voter dissatisfaction with the Iraq War as well as a Congress seemingly plagued with ethical problems, [...]
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More Babyish Whining About Trackers
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Oh, those poor oppressed politicians. Everyone is always trying to hear what they say when they are out in public – this is no way to conduct a democracy! For the second time in this campaign, a major candidate for Maine’s highest office has protested the recording of their public appearances – this time it [...]
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Democratic House Candidate Doesn’t Live In The District She’s Running In
Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
UPDATE: We are getting word that Merrifield is dropping out of the race. This will leave Nass to face off only against Pam Gerry, a former Republican County Commissioner, who is running as an Independent. Word on the street is that Gerry is a Tea Party/Ron Paul candidate. Either way, a Democrat will not be [...]
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Maine GOP Goes After Eliot Cutler As A Tax Hiker
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Today, Maine Republicans went on the offensive against Eliot Cutler, attempting to paint him as a tax raising pseudo-Democrat. Christie-Lee McNally, the executive director of the Maine Republican Party, today penned an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News, attacking a previous op-ed penned by Ed Karass and linking prior statements of his to Cutler, and [...]
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LePage Maintains Lead In Rasmussen Poll
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Last month, Rasmussen broke the ice on polling for the 2010 gubernatorial race and reported that Paul LePage had a 43% to 37% to 7% advantage over Libby Mitchell and Eliot Cutler, respectively. Today, Rasmussen released another poll which reconfirmed LePage’s early lead in the race: Paul LePage – 39% Libby Mitchell – 31% Eliot [...]
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Hate To Say I Told You So, But…
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Last week I reported on something the mainstream press didn’t bother with: that Democratic Senator Elizabeth Schneider was strongly leaning toward endorsing Eliot Cutler, making her the second high profile Senate Democrat to abandon the Democratic President of the Maine Senate, Libby Mitchell. Well, guess who was right (again)? Today, Cutler’s team released an endorsement [...]
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Cutler Unveils Republican Coalition
Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Yesterday, Eliot Cutler‘s own release made it clear. In the words of Ted O’Meara: “The Republican attack line since the Primary has been that Eliot is ‘just a Democrat masquerading as independent.’” This is the biggest perception Cutler is now, has been, and will be running against as he works to win this election. And [...]
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More Democrats Looking To Jump Ship Away From Mitchell?
Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Early last week, we reported that two Maine Democrats – State Senator Dennis Damon (D-Trenton) and State Representative Leila J. Percy (D-Phippsburg) – broke with the Democratic Party and announced that they will support independent candidate Eliot Cutler for governor of Maine. Citing support for Cutler’s overall qualifications, experience in “business and government”, and “bold [...]
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Dan Billings: Matt: During the primary, AI wrote lots of storie...
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