Last Wednesday, PPP took a look at Senator Olympia Snowe’s standing in Maine – an interesting exercise given her national profile on the healthcare reform debate. The results of the poll were rather striking. 70% of Democrats approve of her … Continue reading
A mailer accompanied property tax bills recently sent to South Portland residents. The mailer took a political position on ballot questions, urging rejection of Question 2 (the excise tax cut) and Question 4 (TABOR II). The Maine Ethics Commission is … Continue reading
Reporting about Les Otten’s contributions to Federal level Democratic politicians was met with disgust among the conservative base – but it lead me to wonder what the other candidates’ contributions have looked like over the years. Donating to a Democrat … Continue reading
On April 22, 2009, 86-year-old WWII veteran and self described “lifelong Republican” Philip Spooner testified at the public meeting on the Maine Equal Marriage bill. His testimony was brief, but powerful, and the video of his words have become one … Continue reading
Thomas Brackett Reed is one of the least known, and least talked about politicians from Maine. I wouldn’t be surprised if you had never heard of him – but interestingly he may be one of the most consequential of all … Continue reading
Ted Ropple of the Republican Project touched on something I’ve been meaning to write about for a week or two. Les Otten has money. He gives some of it away. A lot of time to politicians. An inordinate amount of … Continue reading
The Washington Post is out with an article today – highly speculative and devoid of any real hard facts – that the Obama administration is lobbying Senator Susan Collins on the healthcare reform bill, and theorizes that Collins “could be … Continue reading
This morning, Matt Gagnon of Pine Tree Politics called in to Drive Time Bangor to talk about Bruce Poliquin’s $100,000 donation to the TABOR II campaign, and the general state of the referendum fights. Also touched on is the positioning … Continue reading
One of the reasons New Media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are both powerful and useful, is because it allows public figures to transparently and effectively communicate with the grassroots, engaged voters of a given state or district. Still, far … Continue reading
Some people, it seems, take criticism quite well. Others don’t take it so well. Then there are others – like Representative Andy O’Brien (D, District 44) – who not only don’t take it well, but react to it in completely … Continue reading
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