AUGUSTA — Democrats who have championed an expansion of Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act have one legislative avenue left this year to pass it into law. Ironically, the last chance this year to enact one of the Democrats’ top priorities hinges on a bill proposed by the Republican leader in the Maine House. […]
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Democrats blast Cutler campaign
BOSTON — Maine Democrats haven’t settled on their next candidate for governor. But the Democratic Governors Association chairman is already lashing out at likely independent candidate Eliot Cutler. Chairman Gov. Peter Shumlin, of Vermont, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Cutler has little chance of winning the 2014 contest. He warned that Cutler could […]
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Fiscal cliff: Why it’s so hard to step back
WASHINGTON — The “fiscal cliff” crisis bundles together some of Washington’s toughest decisions — the ones lawmakers have dodged for years — and says settle them all right now. Or else. Yet bedrock differences between Democrats and Republicans stand in the way. No wonder it’s hard to shake hands on a deal by New Year’s. […]
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Democratic state Senate candidate from Waterville cleared by ethics panel
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine election ethics commission has decided not to investigate allegations of improper fundraising by a Democratic state Senate candidate who came under fire from Republicans for playing the online role-playing game World of Warcraft. The Morning Sentinel reported the ethics commission ruled unanimously Wednesday that no further investigation was needed into […]
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Former Maine secretary of state dies
PORTLAND (AP) — A celebration of the life of Rodney Quinn, a former Democratic Party activist who served as Maine secretary of state for a decade, is scheduled for this weekend. Quinn, who was 89, died Saturday in a hospice in Scarborough after suffering pneumonia. Quinn was Maine’s secretary of state for five terms, beginning […]
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Maine mailboxes fill up as political fliers go postal
LEWISTON — One tells us this guy running for office likes pie. And boy is he good at getting a slice. The only trouble is the photo is of a cheesecake. The other features a field of cows and tells me this candidate has been letting the insurance companies milk money from Maine families. “In […]
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Maine Senate races could see more negative ads
AUBURN — Negative campaigning started early this year, with online Democratic attack ads branding both state Sens. Lois Snowe-Mello and Garrett Mason as a “rubber stamps” for Gov. Paul LePage. But those ads, paid for by the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, may only be a hint of what’s to come from those supporting or opposing candidates in […]
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M. Ripley: King is a globalist
Angus King donated big bucks to President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign the week before Sen. Olympia Snowe announced her retirement from the U.S. Senate. If you can’t see which way he leans, God help us all. Angus is a huge supporter of corporate welfare via subsidies for wind power, etc. He is also a globalist […]
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Partisan Democrats have selective amnesia regarding tax cuts
I was saddened to see that, before the fall campaign starts in earnest, partisan Democrats are running TV attack ads against Androscoggin County Republican Sens. Lois Snowe-Mello and Garrett Mason, and three other GOP senators. The ads allege that these senators were a rubber stamp for the governor, claiming they voted for “tax cuts for […]
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Cynthia Dill calls out DC Dems for lack of support
AUGUSTA — Cynthia Dill, the Democratic candidate in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, said Thursday that her party’s silence in the state’s Senate campaign “is deafening,” and she called on the U.S. senator in charge of the Democrats’ Senate campaign efforts to get behind her candidacy. “Votes — not personalities — will change policies to help […]