The pendulum swings for the powerful
For the past month I’ve been telling you what is wrong with my party, what Republicans can do to fix it and what I think we can all expect from the future of the GOP. But if I could distill … Continue reading
Category Archives: Elections
The future of the Republican Party: Phoenix rises
Editor’s note: This is the final piece in a four-part series about the future of the Republican Party. I’ve spent three weeks now being somewhat hard on my own party. In so doing, I have attempted to diagnose the fundamental … Continue reading
The future of the Republican Party: Identity crisis
Editor’s note: This is the second piece in a four-part series about the future of the Republican Party. There is not a Democrat in the country, or in Maine, who isn’t smirking just a little bit right now. On the … Continue reading
The future of the Republican Party: The elephant in the room
Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series about the future of the Republican Party. The Republican Party has lost five of the last six national popular votes for president, and the nature of their single win was … Continue reading
King of the Democrats
Let’s start with the obvious: Sen.-elect Angus King lied to you, and you shouldn’t be OK with it. All throughout the campaign, despite the contrary being obvious to every human being on the planet, King insisted that he didn’t know … Continue reading
Romney makes a play for Maine
One of the most fascinating “what if” scenarios dreamed up by political scientists about the 2012 election is the possibility that it could end in a 269-269 tie in the electoral college. The most likely situation would be one where … Continue reading
Obama’s ‘you didn’t build that’ comment was wrong
The contenders
The message from the Republican Party and Democratic Party could not have been more different Tuesday night. On the left, Democrats gave an overwhelming victory to the most ideologically extreme left wing candidate in the field. The very moderate, inoffensive … Continue reading
It’s On: Raye Files for Race Against Michaud
Thursday morning, Senate President Kevin Raye filed the necessary paperwork to run for Maine’s Second Congressional District seat. This follows Raye’s exploratory phase, in which he signaled his interest in running for the seat, but wanted to travel the district … Continue reading
D'Amboise Continues His Travashamockery Of A Campaign
Today, on the heels of the United States Senate vote on the debt ceiling increase, I received a fundraising email from the Scott D’Amboise for Senate campaign. I’m pretty used to dishonest and mind-numbingly stupid emails from politicians seeking office, … Continue reading
