Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Takes A Baseball Bat To The Otten Piñata
Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 – 9:49 AM | One Comment

Everyone has been dancing around the whispers of “Les Otten” and “the failure of American Ski Company”, hesitant to engage, or really hammer him on the subject.  Well – maybe not everyone – but the …

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Things, They Are A-Changing In The Republican Party
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 12:17 | 38 Comments
Things, They Are A-Changing In The Republican Party

Few would have believed it possible only a couple years ago, but the Republican Party is increasingly being made less hospitable for culture warriors.
I’ve been arguing since my days in college – which, looking back, …

New York Rejects Gay Marriage In The Senate
Thursday, 3 Dec, 2009 – 12:34 | No Comment
New York Rejects Gay Marriage In The Senate

Advocates of gay marriage suffered yet another blow yesterday, as the New York State Senate voted 24-38 to reject a proposal that would have legalized same-sex marriages in the state of New York.  Governor Patterson …

What’s Next For Gay Rights Advocates In Maine
Thursday, 5 Nov, 2009 – 16:10 | No Comment
What’s Next For Gay Rights Advocates In Maine

That has been the big question for a lot of people, both nationally and within the state itself.  Now that gay marriage has been defeated in Maine, what will happen next?
Some of have suggested that …

Olympia Snowe To Tim Pawlenty: Go F#@& Yourself
Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 17:42 | 5 Comments
Olympia Snowe To Tim Pawlenty:  Go F#@& Yourself

Okay, so she didn’t actually say those exact words – but the sentiment behind what she said certainly seemed to communicate that message.
Tim Pawlenty went on Morning Joe this morning, and observers everywhere are commenting …

John Baldacci Talks Gay Marriage On MSNBC
Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 17:14 | No Comment
John Baldacci Talks Gay Marriage On MSNBC

This afternoon, Maine Governor John Baldacci stopped by MSNBC to talk to David Schuster and company about Maine’s Equal Marriage law, and the efforts to repeal it.
Baldacci’s comments focused on the evolution of the issue …

The Voice For No On 1
Friday, 23 Oct, 2009 – 10:35 | 7 Comments
The Voice For No On 1

On April 22, 2009, 86-year-old WWII veteran and self described “lifelong Republican” Philip Spooner testified at the public meeting on the Maine Equal Marriage bill. His testimony was brief, but powerful, and the video …

Public Policy Polling: Gay Marriage 48%-48% In Maine
Tuesday, 20 Oct, 2009 – 14:20 | No Comment
Public Policy Polling:  Gay Marriage 48%-48% In Maine

If you thought this was going to be anything other than a dog fight, think again.
Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling (who do extremely fair, good work, just for the record) has been spending a …

Gay Marriage Officially On The Ballot
Thursday, 3 Sep, 2009 – 11:01 | One Comment
Gay Marriage Officially On The Ballot

Yesterday, it was made official.  Opponents of gay marriage in Maine have gathered enough signatures to place the question in front of Maine voters.  Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has affirmed that enough registered voters …

Peter Mills on Gay Marriage in Maine
Wednesday, 2 Sep, 2009 – 12:00 | No Comment
Peter Mills on Gay Marriage in Maine

In part of my full conversation with Senator Peter Mills, I asked him about the equal marriage bill that recently passed the Maine legislature. Mills was the only Republican in the Maine Senate to …

Will Clean Elections Go National?
Wednesday, 26 Nov, 2008 – 21:59 | No Comment
Will Clean Elections Go National?

Washington has been talking about combatting special interest money in political campaigs for years – yet as we all know the influence remains, and the system is as broken as ever.
That’s why Monday, a member …