AFSCME and Americans United for Change (you may know them as “Big Labor”) are aggressive backers of a bill pending in the Senate that purports to deal with jobs, but which conveniently also contains a large tax hike on those … Continue reading
The Press Herald today reported on the new financial disclosure reports on the assets of members of Congress, noting the comparative wealth of Maine’s four person delegation: New financial disclosure reports show U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe continues to be the … Continue reading
The folks at Public Policy Polling – a Democratic polling outfit (but one with a solid reputation as quality pollsters) has today been heavily pushing out something they do much less well – analysis and opinion. Today’s subject is United … Continue reading
Senate Democrats seem determined to keep making life tough for Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. After having marked them as targets for a slew of bills opposed by many Republicans but arguably appealing to moderate voters, Harry Reid is … Continue reading
Pine Tree Politics analyzed each GOP gubernatorial candidate’s chances of winning their party’s nomination. Matt Gagnon explored possible victory scenarios for the candidates as well as the likelihood of them occurring. In conjunction with Bruce Bourgoine of Dirigo Blue, we … Continue reading
Unless you live in a cave, or were stuck in Kingsbury Plantation, you know that President Obama was in Portland yesterday. The President gave a speech on the passage of health care reform to a crowd of thousands at the … Continue reading
“That is why jobs must be our No. 1 focus in 2010, and that’s why I’m calling for a new jobs bill tonight.” Those were the words of President Barack Obama during his State of the Union Address in January. … Continue reading
Today, Steve Abbott’s campaign announced a trifecta of personnel for the New Media wing of his campaign. Maine politicos will undoubtedly recognize the three names: Lance Dutson, Mark Ellis and Scott Fish. I could describe the three myself, but Abbott’s … Continue reading
My least favorite pejorative in the entire known universe is also the most common among conservatives – the term “RINO”. For those of you sufficiently out of the loop enough to not know what that means, it is an acronym … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This commentary is a response to our friend Ben Goodman’s article on Augusta Insider this past Thursday. One of the most difficult things any political analyst can do, is divorce himself from his own personal philosophical point of … Continue reading
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