Washington, DC is a world away from Maine. When you visit Capitol Hill and listen to Members of Congress and their staffs, it is easy to see the need for greater discourse in our nation. Important political issues are complicated … Continue reading
Last year, Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins became key to blocking a massive Democratic tax hike on private equity and investment partnerships, a hike that would have brought tax rates on “carried interest” up from 15% to 35% and then … Continue reading
There is something very wrong in this country, and your average resident is, in a word, apoplectic. In February 2009, CNBC business news editor Rick Santelli stood on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and launched into a fuming … Continue reading
Sixty-one percent. You see the passive-aggressive stickers on cars all across Maine. It has become something of a battle cry for an entirely too smug and self-righteous group of Mainers who view Gov. LePage as illegitimate, due to his 39 … Continue reading
Well that was much ado about nothing. Republicans caved on redistricting and abandoned their ambitious, if controversial, “Western Maine” plan. The new congressional lines will look an awful lot like the old congressional lines with only a bit of lipstick … Continue reading
The phrase “As Maine goes, so goes the nation” is an old aphorism that hasn’t been true in a long time. It was popularized due to Maine’s status as a political bellwether state for presidential elections. Elections were held in … Continue reading
There is nothing so dangerous in government as a lawmaker who feels compelled to “do something.” People in government often feel they need to justify their own existence by finding a problem and then legislating a solution for it. Like … Continue reading
On Wednesday night, eight Republicans gathered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California to debate each other for the right to take on President Obama next year. Most eyes were on Gov. Rick Perry and former Gov. Mitt Romney, the two … Continue reading
On the national level, there has been a lot of talk about the cold shoulder Rep. Ron Paul has received from the media despite a very impressive showing at the Ames Straw Poll and being in third place in many national … Continue reading
This afternoon, a very important person in my life, Aaron Sterling, lost a life long and difficult battle with a horrendous disease, Cystic Fibrosis. Aaron was originally from Skowhegan, and my first encounter with him was at the University of … Continue reading
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