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Why Did Maine Turn So Liberal?
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Over on As Maine Goes, Jim Cyr poses a question to the gathered group of Maine conservative viewers: “What Turned Maine So Liberal?” The basis of the question is a sound one. Until the arrival of Ed Muskie, Maine had been so overwhelmingly Republican that Democrats were meaningless to governance in the state. But something [...]
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Preble Street Looses Funding
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Derek Viger.
The Preble Street Resource Center in Portland will be short more than $50,000 thousand dollars in funding over the next two years. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has decided to withdraw support for the agency’s homeless program. The Diocese has said the Homeless Voices for Justice program violated the terms of its grant agreement [...]
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President Obama Should Have Listened to Rahm
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Steve Kenney.
Throughout his historic campaign for the White House, his cool and disciplined approach earned him the nickname No Drama Obama. It is unfortunate that he could not have applied this same image to his signature healthcare campaign. Instead, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi made something that should have been a very easy bill to pass [...]
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Maine Needs A Governor Like Chris Christie
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
Republican Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie has been making a lot of noise lately for doing something that was entirely unexpected: being blunt, speaking truth, and pragmatically dealing with problems that his state is facing. Christie recently gave a speech to about 200 mayors at the New Jersey League of Municipalities, where he shocked [...]
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Things, They Are A-Changing In The Republican Party
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
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, was a long time ago – that the GOP was in for a rather seismic shift in social policy. [...]
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Snowe, Collins, and Reconciling the Stimulus Vote
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by Garrett Murch.
Many Maine Republicans and Independents were deeply disappointed with Senator Snowe’s and Senator Collins’ votes in support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known (except when driving through a handful of U.S. highway projects littered with government propaganda) as the “Stimulus”.* The economic merits of the stimulus, while debatable (the latter [...]
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Is The Information Age Killing Genial Maine Elections?
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
I had always been told growing up that Maine politics was something different and special. Contrary to other states, elections in Maine were viewed as civil contests of substance, generally pitting good people vs. good people, with tame attack ads, and mostly constructive, positive campaigning. Yes, even in the most tame political environment, you will [...]
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Building Trust Again in 2010
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Steve Kenney.
A week ago today President Obama delivered his first State of the Union address. By all accounts, it was not the speech that he had intended to give (underwhelming in the eyes of The Economist) for one obvious reason – the stunning loss of a pivotal Senate seat in Massachusetts a week earlier. Yes, as [...]
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Mainers Calling for Competent Management
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Bruce Poliquin.
The jaw-dropping victory by Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race completes an I-95 trifecta that started in Virginia, headed north to New Jersey, and landed in the Bay State. Where does the momentum go next? Many are saying Maine. Since Brown’s victory, I’ve received dozens of enthusiastic emails, Facebook messages, and Tweets declaring that [...]
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Is It Time For Some Candidates To Change Horses?
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Matthew Gagnon.
I have heard the same thing repeated in Republican circles for a few months now, but the cries have been getting louder lately. “You mean to tell me that we can find seven solid candidates to run for Governor, but we can’t find anyone to run against Chellie Pingree?” The same phrase is repeated for [...]
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Bruce Poliquin Steps In A Hornet’s Nest On Guns
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Maine Republican Platform Becomes Political Football
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Two Maine Democrats Endorse Cutler
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