As a parent of a college student, I am appreciative of the efforts of President Barack Obama and Rep. Mike Michaud relating to the funding of higher education and focusing on the future of young people. The Credit Card Act of 2009 created more restrictions for young people to apply for credit cards, which has […]
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L. Carrier: Nation’s survival at stake
With the election looming in our headlights in less then two months, it is incredible to me that so many people still cleave to President Obama as the presumed redeemer who will finally rescue the nation’s flagging economy from doldrums and recreate millions of badly-needed jobs, even when it is painfully clear that his policies […]
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Romney: ‘Victims’ comment not elegantly stated
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is trying to head off a new distraction for his campaign after a video surfaced showing him telling wealthy donors that 47 percent of all Americans “believe they are victims” entitled to help from the government that permeates their lives. At an impromptu news conference Monday, Romney […]
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Maine delegates in Charlotte say message back home will be momentum
The Democratic Party’s momentum is building, according to a handful of more than 300 Maine Democrats at the party’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday night. Speaking via cellphone from the convention floor, Diane Poirier of Lewiston said she was thrilled to take part in the convention. Poirier, 56, said she was a lifelong Democrat, […]
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Weeks before Election Day, early voting kicks off
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Heard enough from the presidential candidates? Here’s an answer: Vote now and put the election behind you. Early voting in the presidential race begins Thursday, and in the weeks to come millions of people in key states will cast ballots that could prove decisive on Election Day. They did in 2008, […]
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Romney homestretch game plan: Jobs, jobs, jobs
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — His convention behind him, Mitt Romney enters the campaign homestretch with a singular goal: convince Americans disappointed with President Barack Obama that the Democrat is to blame for the stagnant economy and that only he can fix it. “You know there’s something wrong with the kind of job he’s done as […]
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D. Helwig: Words matter
I was reading Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential nomination speech of 2008 the other day. I couldn’t believe the following excerpt it contained: “… if you don’t have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone […]
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Obama shifts to Ryan education plan
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama drew a sharp line with Republican Mitt Romney on education Tuesday, telling Ohio voters that “putting a college education within reach for working families doesn’t seem to be a priority” for his opponent. Obama quoted his Republican challenger’s assertion that the best option for students trying to find […]
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J. Thompson: Provide balance, please
The recent Sun Journal article, “Romney’s welfare politics ad misses on facts,” was interesting but regrettable that there was no corresponding article on the Obama Super PAC’s misleading ad implying that Mitt Romney was responsible for a former steel worker wife’s death because of Bain Capital’s investment in GST Steel in 1993. The Washington Post […]
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E. Leight: Conservative cartoon was ‘shameful’
I would like to comment on the shameful editorial cartoon you ran on Monday, Aug. 13. It was not only completely disrespectful of the president, but it represented a point of view that is wildly inaccurate, inflammatory, discriminatory and demeaning. The implication was that the president is an immature, power hungry communist. I guess you […]