The state of our union
There was a time when I treated a State of the Union address like a national holiday. I used to gather my friends together, host a watch party, get some pizza and excitedly hang on every word uttered by the … Continue reading
Category Archives: State
Baldacci redux
Remember John Baldacci? I certainly do. This was a unique Maine politician who managed to somehow turn from one of the most popular political figures in the state when he was in the amoral swamp of Washington, D.C., into the … Continue reading
Give me your tired, your poor … and everyone else
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is stepping out on a very flimsy metaphorical branch, which threatens to snap under his weight. That limb is immigration reform. But I am glad he is stepping on it, and I hope the limb doesn’t break. … Continue reading
Who will be the real spoiler in the Maine governor’s race?
Democratic firm Public Policy Polling came out with a survey this week that showed Gov. Paul LePage winning a three-way match-up against independent Eliot Cutler and every Democrat tested. The same survey showed that when running alone against just a Democrat, LePage … Continue reading
Tackling gun laws? Amend Constitution or obey it
I suppose we are finally having that long-overdue “conversation” about guns, aren’t we? Sadly it isn’t a particularly productive one. Neither left nor right is talking any real sense here. Banning assault weapons is little more than a marketing ploy, … Continue reading
Maine’s taxing tax problem
I received my first paycheck of the new year this week. Did you? Notice anything? My wife certainly did. Roughly $100 that had previously been in my paycheck was now missing. That money was probably going to buy groceries but … Continue reading
Cliff notes: The ugly but necessary path to governing
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: The “deal” to avert the so-called fiscal cliff is an embarrassingly bad piece of legislation. Historically awful, really. Just horrendous. But I would have voted for it. Governing is not about … Continue reading
13 bold predictions for 2013
Last December, I took a look at what was then the future and made a series of predictions about the next 12 months. I have to say I didn’t do half bad. Things I got right: President Barack Obama defeating … Continue reading
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
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
