AUGUSTA — As Maine’s gubernatorial race grows increasingly heated, Republican hopeful Ken Fredette told state GOP convention delegates Saturday, “This is going to be a war, folks.” The 1,600 delegates who gathered at the Maine Civic Center this weekend could at least take heart that the volleys lobbed toward the enemy were just about always […]
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Max Linn aides call for state fraud probe of campaign’s election paperwork
Two men at the heart of the scandal that caused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn’s campaign to self-destruct said Wednesday that Attorney General Janet Mills ought to find out who committed fraud in Linn’s signature-gathering process. “I will go talk to the attorney general myself. I hope there’s justice here,” Matt McDonald, a strategist […]
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A balanced-budget amendment
On April 7, a Sun Journal front page headline read “ Democrats question balanced-budget bill.” The article noted it was “a move that immediately drew criticism on the campaign trail” of U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who favored an upcoming vote on a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Instead of criticism, Poliquin should be praised […]
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Local GOP primary only legislative race to be impacted by ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — If ranked-choice voting is applied to Maine’s June 12 primary election, the system would come into play in only one legislative race – a House District 75 contest that features three Republicans. All three candidates for the seat representing Turner, Leeds and part of Livermore said Tuesday that they oppose ranked-choice voting on […]
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Donald Trump not likely to go away
Donald Trump is a dominant presence in our public life, although one that his adversaries have trouble accepting and processing. The left is still looking for scapegoats for his 2016 victory, and the coterie of critics on the right — loosely referred to as Never Trump — often sound like they are in denial. I’m […]
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Dangerous maneuvers afoot
Local politics has become a murky business. There are candidates seeking public office who claim to be “independent voices” on their printed promotional materials and websites. Some simply declare that they are “American politicians.” Reluctance to mention party affiliation is misleading and duplicitous — even if it is allowable. Pamphlets generated by Republicans seem to […]
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Who are the Republicans fighting?
I write in response and comment to Thomas Shields letter of March 15, “Democrats making things difficult.” Shields spends the first two paragraphs pontificating over the Democrats’ set of values and “… the blocking of nearly every bill offered and nearly every nomination made by President Trump.” I would again ask Shields, why was he […]
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Trade issue has become the Republican Party’s last stand
NEW YORK — The tussle over tariffs is the most significant political battle taking place in America right now — much broader than a dispute over steel and aluminum imports. It is the Republican Party’s last stand against a total takeover by Donald Trump. Having ceded ground to the president on everything from personal character […]
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz backs Mason for Maine governor
The Republican presidential candidate who won Maine’s caucuses in 2016 — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas — endorsed his former state chairman’s quest to become the next governor. Cruz issued a prepared statement Wednesday hailing state Sen. Garrett Mason of Lisbon and urging GOP voters “to stand with those who have proven themselves to […]
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Republicans want Donald Trump to back off his tariff proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump are pleading with him to back away from his threatened international tariffs, which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war. Trump retorted: “We’re not backing down.” The president on Monday said U.S. neighbors Canada […]