Updated at 6:27 a.m. 9/9/11: This post was updated to provide more context regarding the mission in Syria and to compare it to last year’s debate. Maine’s two senators, both of whom serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee, offered preliminary support of President Barack Obama’s newly announced plan to strike at an increasingly potent terrorist […]

The nation’s top Democratic draw – former President Bill Clinton – is headed to Maine to stump for Mike Michaud. The gubernatorial candidate can expect both a fundraising boost and, more importantly, a potent adrenaline shot to the arm of his campaign following the Sept. 2 event. But Clinton has stumped for losing candidates before […]

Days before Election Day four years ago, Maine’s popular former governor and now U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent, endorsed fellow independent Eliot Cutler in his bid for governor. Cutler came up just short when the votes were tallied, amassing 36.7 percent support to Republican Paul LePage’s 38.1 percent, and King’s endorsement was seen as […]

Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s campaign is probably pretty pleased one of the hottest national political issues right now is the debate over illegal immigration. The Republican campaigned hard against doling out Maine resources to undocumented or illegal immigrants in 2010 and it’s an area he was able to follow through on promises as governor. As […]

Mike Tipping, a liberal blogger and activist, debuted an excerpt of his forthcoming book that claims Maine Gov. Paul LePage met with known “domestic terrorists” eight times during the course of eight months in 2013. The charges are backed with documents provided through Freedom of Access requests and interviews, and appear to be rooted in […]

There are times politicians are bold and then there are times when less bold politicians seem more so because of their more cautious and reluctant colleagues. Sen. Susan Collins publicly supporting same-sex marriage in 2014 represents the latter. Collins has indeed been a friend to the LGBT community on the national stage, particularly working on […]

I’m not a spoiler, I’m a choice. That’s what Eliot Cutler told MSNBC host Chuck Todd, one of the premier national political reporters working in Washington. And he’s right – there’s no right-to-the-throne for either Democrat Mike Michaud or even incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage in the 2014 Maine gubernatorial race. The problem is that […]

In a blow to the gubernatorial campaign of Democratic-leaning independent Eliot Cutler, the political fundraising arm of Maine’s Planned Parenthood announced Monday it’s throwing it’s support behind Democrat Mike Michaud. Michaud, now a pro-choice candidate, not so long ago campaigned for and served in Congress as a pro-life Democrat. Cutler has been hoping to eat […]

The results are in – it’s Democrat Emily Cain versus Republican Bruce Poliquin competing for the right to represent Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. I have to say, as an observer, it’s going to be more fun to watch this race than it would have if former Senate President Kevin Raye won – he and Cain […]

Welcome to primary day! It’s all about the 2nd Congressional District, where upsets could abound. Conventional wisdom says well-funded Emily Cain will emerge the victor over Troy Jackson on the Democratic side and former Senate President Kevin Raye will triumph over carpetbagging Bruce Poliquin on the Republican side. But is that really how it’s going […]