Can We Cut The Crap About The Media Already?
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by Augusta Insider.
I am up to my ears sick and tired of hearing about media bias. Any time a conservative candidate for office shoots himself in the foot (and let’s not mince words here folks, that is exactly the kind of amateur mistakes that have been happening in the last week or so with certain candidates for [...]
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Spending In The Race For The Blaine House
Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by Augusta Insider.
We’ve already taken a look at the gubernatorial candidates’ donations. What about the other side of the balance sheet? How are the five candidates spending their money?
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Gubernatorial Cash Dash Continues
Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by Augusta Insider.
The race for cash in the gubernatorial election continued after the primary as campaigns geared up for the general.
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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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Union Endorsement Transparency
Posted on 18. Jul, 2010 by Derek Viger.
Not that long ago, the Maine Education Association addressed criticism that they were out of touch. In a release entitled “Is the MEA out of touch?“(pdf warning), the teacher’s union defended their position on the Race to the Top, performance pay, and charter schools. Though the document is slim, it is welcome peek inside the [...]
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Otten’s Out, But Scandals Continue
Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Derek Viger.
During the gubernatorial primary, there was one candidate that seemed to attract more controversy than any other. Les Otten. First there was the familiar looking website and logo from the campaign. Otten was slammed for giving money to Democrats and his business record. There was the plagiarism on an education survey and the subsequent fallout. [...]
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Tornoe’s Toon: Libby Has Lost Her Sheep
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Rob Tornoe.
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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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Goodbye Grade Levels
Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by Derek Viger.
Unless you attended a small rural school, you were likely instructed only at your grade level. In 2nd grade maybe you learned beginning grammar. 8th grade you spent a considerable amount of time on “Maine Studies”. Biology came in 10th grade, 9th if you were in the Advanced Placement class. Curriculum experiences will vary, but [...]
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