Maine

updated 8:02 a.m.

Collins' Blind Spot

After campaigning for and winning reelection as a results-oriented centrist who brings people together to get things done, Sen. Collins has spent the last two weeks spouting often-false , ultra-partisan talking points and making objectively ludicrous, hyperbole-laden assertions like, "this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them." Even though the ...
Collins Watch - Mon 6:49 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Oh Dear

Greg Sargent breaks some news : Senator Susan Collins, who's emerged as a leading critic of the decision to Mirandize the bomb plot suspect, raised no concerns about his handling while being briefed on Christmas Day about his capture on a private call with a top Homeland Security official, a source familiar with the conversation tells me. [...] When Collins delivered the GOP weekly address in...
Collins Watch - Mon 5:29 p.m.

Silence All These Years

Jake Tapper , quoting a "senior administration official": "The truth is, not one time in the nearly eight years since (attempted shoe-bomber) Richard Reid was Mirandized has one of these guys offered an alternative view until now," the official said. "It's nothing but politics, pure and simple." Their protests "would be easier to understand if there was one statement" from these Republicans "du...
Collins Watch - Mon 11:24 a.m.

Incidentally

Congratulations to Sen. Collins for getting it right about former Sen. John Edwards! She may not know much about the Constitution . But when it comes to being ahead of the curve on sex and paternity scandals, she's one for one. ...
Collins Watch - Mon 11:03 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Leadership

One wonders what the folks over at Human Rights Campaign are thinking, tonight, about their endorsement of Sen. Collins' 2008 reelection bid. Are they shocked and dismayed by what the junior senator is saying about "don't ask, don't tell"? They really shouldn't be . ...
Collins Watch - Sun 7:19 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Quote of the Day

Dahlia Lithwick (via Greenwald ): Each time Republicans go to their terrorism crazy-place, they go just a little bit farther than they did the last time, so that things that made us feel safe last year make us feel vulnerable today.... We're terrified when a terror attack happens, and we're also terrified when it's thwarted. We're terrified when we give terrorists trials, and we're terrified ...
Collins Watch - Sat 8:26 a.m.

Capital Connections

A.J. Higgins has just posted what he says is his first column in three years at the Capitol Connection Facebook page . Higgins takes a look at the well-funded leadership PACs run by House and Senate leadership candidates, most of whom are running for their own seats as clean elections candidates. There's also this great tidbit: "So when are you guys going to start covering the governor’...
Maine Politics - Fri 12:21 p.m.

Quote of the Day

Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) : I think that it is high time that we remembered that we have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution. I think that it is high time that we remembered that the Constitution, as amended, speaks not only of the freedom of speech but also of trial by jury instead of trial by accusation. ...
Collins Watch - Fri 10:27 a.m.

Susan Collins (R-Maine): Pwn3d by Robert Gibbs

Many of you are probably aware that Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) delivered the GOP's weekly address this past weekend. You may also be aware that the subject of her address was to criticize the Obama Administration (duh) for the way they've handled "Underwear Bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Among other things, she said: The Obama administration appears to have a blind spot when it co...
DailyKos (Maine) - Thu 3:08 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

More on the Mitchell Interview

Everyone really ought to watch Sen. Collins' unsteady, damaging TV debut as the GOP's civil liberties attack dog. A few more thoughts: 1. Gasping for air is a public-speaking no-no. And it's a pretty good sign you're losing the argument. 2. In the closing minutes, Collins situates herself, quite openly, on the outer fringes of the debate, attacking the Bush administration's civil liberties rec...
Collins Watch - Thu 9:42 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

BDN Lectures Collins on Constitution

As a rule, BDN doesn't directly criticize Saint Susan--I mean Sen. Collins--in its editorials. But you don't need to read too far between the lines here : The U.S. Constitution requires that foreign detainees have the same right to a trial as U.S. natives. The Supreme Court upheld this view more than 100 years ago and several times in recent years has ruled that detainees in the so-called war on...
Collins Watch - Thu 8:09 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

#CollinsFail Round-Up

More debunking here: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy And here (starting at 2:49): Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy ...
Collins Watch - Thu 7:05 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Howard on Collins and Lawlessness

H. Cabanne Howard, Executive Secretary of the Maine Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability, former member of the Maine Attorney General's Office and current Assistant Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Maine School of Law: I'm sorry to see that Senator Collins seems to think that when the government apprehends someone on U.S. soil it calls a "terrorist," the Cons...
Collins Watch - Thu 5:28 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Rowe's Bangor Office Opening

From WVII: ...
Maine Politics - Wed 7:27 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The Inner Collins?

It's worth remembering that Sen. Collins recently lost her long-time chief of staff. Have her weekend gaffes about the Constitution, today's apparent retraction and her recent wingnut turn all been products of the shake-up? Without a savvy, exacting advisor to triangulate for her, are we getting a clearer picture of what the junior senator is made of? And what she really thinks? ...
Collins Watch - Wed 1:32 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Flustered, Fazed and Defensive

Andrea Mitchell does an abysmal job of getting Sen. Collins to answer her questions here. But clearly, the junior senator isn't used to being interviewed skeptically. Not her finest hour. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy UPDATE: Don't miss the discussion starting at 9:10, where Collins explicitly endorses the Bush administration's ha...
Collins Watch - Wed 1:06 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Damage Control Mode?

The early reviews aren't good . If we're able to track down the video, we'll post it. Meanwhile, not a peep from the Maine media. Unless Sen. Collins sends out a press release, it's as if it never happened. ...
Collins Watch - Wed 11:06 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Silence

Disregarding her oath of office, Sen. Collins seemed to call for suspending the Constitution over the weekend, using the platform of the GOP weekly radio address to endorse a reactionary pick-and-choose approach to the rule of law. Or maybe she was just very, very confused . Either way, where are the pointed questions? The condemnations? The MCLU has spoken . But when a sitting US senator c...
Collins Watch - Wed 9:27 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

It's Evolution, Baby

Sen. Collins over the weekend said that giving Abdulmutallab access to a lawyer: Undoubtedly prevented the collection of valuable intelligence about future terrorist threats to our country. Collins now : We will never know whether the quality and quantity of information might have been superior had he not been given a lawyer. (Emphasis mine.) Merriam-webster defines "undoubted" as not...
Collins Watch - Wed 8:09 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Clean Funding Secure

There's one more important result of the Williams decision that I didn't mention at Down East (thanks to newly-elected Bowdoinham Selectman Dan Billings for cluing me in). Because there will be no publicly-funded Green candidate in the general, the clean elections fund should now remain solvent throughout the election. According to calculations done by the Ethics Commission staff, even ...
Maine Politics - Wed 7:46 a.m.

Even The AP

You know you're in trouble when the AP calls your position flat-out wrong : After the Christmas plot, however, the president's critics say the administration should have treated Abdulmutalab as an enemy combatant. The right to a lawyer, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, alleged last week, is reserved for American citizens, not foreign terrorists. Collins is wrong. Immigrants, even those who entered ...
Collins Watch - Wed 7:04 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Thought of the Day

In Sen. Collins' fantasy, the government is allowed to lock up Canadian tourists forever without charging them or giving them access to a lawyer. Just because. ...
Collins Watch - Wed 7:04 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Williams No Longer Clean

After a lackluster fundraising performance so far, and despite promising not to, Green Independent gubernatorial candidate Lynne Williams has announced she will switch to private financing for her campaign. See my Down East column for the details and possible repercussions. Full campaign email after the jump. read more ...
Maine Politics - Wed 6:05 a.m.

Jacobson's Radio Spot

Matt Jacobson's first radio ad, featuring the longest crescendo in Maine political history: ...
Maine Politics - Wed 5:03 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Chellie Pingree pwns Duncan Hunter on DADT

Sec. of Defense Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were on Capitol Hill today arguing for a repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) . Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) debated Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) about it earlier today - both are members of the House Armed Services Committee: Pwned. ...
DailyKos (Maine) - Tue 2:26 p.m.

Quote of the Day

Glenn Greenwald : One can only marvel at the consensus outrage generated by the mere notion that we charge people with crimes and give them trials if we want to lock them in a cage for life. Indeed, what was once the most basic and defining American principle--the State must charge someone with a crime and give them a fair trial in order to imprison them--has been magically transformed into Lef...
Collins Watch - Tue 8:47 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Collins: Cover 30,000,000 For Free

That's the upshot of the position Sen. Collins lays out in a deceptive, innumerate op-Ed today complaining about the absence of cost controls in the Senate health care bill. Nowhere in the article does she explain how to cover 30 million Americans without increasing the aggregate total spent on health care in the country. (Maybe because it's impossible?) Instead, she spends the piece pointing ...
Collins Watch - Feb 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

MCLU: Remarks Dangerous, Wrong

Executive Director Shenna Bellows, on the phone: Senators take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. Senator Collins is saying the Constitution doesn't matter. And that's just wrong. And: What Collins is suggesting is that our Constitution should be simply thrown away--that there should be no rule of law, no due process. Because of this, Bellows said, "Senator Collins' suggestions...a...
Collins Watch - Feb 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Collins and the Constitution

In the wake of Sen. Collins' ugly radio address, Greenwald does some more intellectual garbage cleanup . I'm stunned--I really am--that we're even having this debate. ...
Collins Watch - Feb 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Projection, Anyone?

Sen. Collins, who presided over the Homeland Security Committee during a period in which al-Qaeda flourished and its influence spread around the globe, and who supported a war that diverted resources from the fight against those responsible for the September 11 attacks, thinks the Obama administration has a blind spot when it comes to terrorism? When Collins goes ahead and apologizes for t...
Collins Watch - Feb 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Running and Dancing

The Snoozette - Jan 31 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Susan Collins: Constitution applies only to American Citizens

Each week President Obama delivers an address to the American people, and this past Saturday was no different (you can see it here . And each week the Republicans deliver a response, which is often on a different subject than that addressed by the president. This past Saturday, Maine's junior senator, Susan Collins, spoke about what she describes as the "failure" of the administration regardi...
DailyKos (Maine) - Jan 31 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Habeas Shmabeas

Gerald journeys into the darkness that was Sen. Collins' radio address, and sets out some basic principles that were uncontroversial across the political spectrum in the age before Fox News. I also recommend the Glenn Greenwald post Gerald links to, which demonstrates how far the GOP (and elements in the Democratic party) have come--and how fast. ...
Collins Watch - Jan 31 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Collins Goes Full Wingnut

What does Sen. Collins mean when she says that the FBI's approach in the Abdulmutalib case, "undoubtedly prevented the collection of valuable intelligence about future terrorist threats to our country"? Undoubtedly? What does Collins know that the FBI and the rest of us don't? Someone really ought to pose the question. But set aside the lying--and the poor production values and the even worse ...
Collins Watch - Jan 30 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Question of the Day

Collins Watch - Jan 30 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Alternate Dimensions

Dan Billings takes a look at what might have happened if Pat McGowan had won his close race against Olymia Snowe in 1990. ...
Maine Politics - Jan 30 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

AGC Debate Video

Video of the Associated General Contractors' massive thirteen-candidate gubernatorial debate, held January 20th: ...
Maine Politics - Jan 29 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Finally

A candidate for governor says something worth listening to. From a Rowe campaign release: Today, Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Rowe announced his opposition to proposed budget cuts to Maine seniors and families and called for a tobacco tax increase. Rowe said, "We need to put Maine people first. The proposed cuts will hurt Maine people and will result in increased future cost...
Maine Politics - Jan 29 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Really?

Collins Watch - Jan 29 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

The Higgins Mechanism

MPN statehouse reporter A.J. Higgins is now blogging, sort of. Check out his posts on the new Capitol Connection Facebook page . The post stream is available by RSS here . There's also an intro video: I think my title references may be getting a little too obscure. ...
Maine Politics - Jan 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Campbell's Switch

Over at Down East, you can read my interview with newly-unenrolled Representative Jim Campbell. ...
Maine Politics - Jan 28

Capitol Hill News Open Thread

DailyKos (Maine) - Jan 27

Quote of the Day

Collins Watch - Jan 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Quote of the Day

Collins Watch - Jan 25 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Bubble? What Bubble?

Collins Watch - Jan 23 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

I hope you like graphs!

Maine Politics - Jan 22 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Thought of the Day

Collins Watch - Jan 21 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Polite Company

Collins Watch - Jan 21 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

At Least He Admits It

Maine Politics - Jan 21 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

nom nom nom

Maine Politics - Jan 20 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Because We're Not Iran?

Collins Watch - Jan 20 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Another View

Collins Watch - Jan 20 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Advice For Dems

Collins Watch - Jan 20 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Al the Augur

Maine Politics - Jan 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Blogislators

Maine Politics - Jan 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Immigration Reform Event in Bangor Today

Maine Politics - Jan 14

Let's All Do The GOP

Maine Politics - Jan 14

Cutler on the Air

Maine Politics - Jan 13 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Social and Political Disparity

Maine Politics - Jan 13 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

They Write Letters

Collins Watch - Jan 12 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Won't you please help Michael Steele

Alna Erratic - Jan 12

Read My Lips

Maine Politics - Jan 12

Primary Concern

Maine Politics - Jan 12 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Anti-Marriage Equality = Bigotry : Redefining the Gay Marriage Debate

DailyKos (Maine) - Jan 11

Tardy, Connor's Company Goes Under

Maine Politics - Jan 10

Seems Reasonable To Me

Collins Watch - Jan 8

20?s with a Candidate: Rosa Scarcelli, ME-GOV

DailyKos (Maine) - Jan 7

Friends All Around

Collins Watch - Jan 6 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

A Majority Party

Maine Politics - Jan 6 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Well Which Is It?

Collins Watch - Jan 6 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

McGowapalooza

Maine Politics - Jan 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A Full Field

Maine Politics - Jan 5

Thought of the Day

Collins Watch - Jan 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

McGowan In, Hill Out

Maine Politics - Jan 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

No Profiling

Collins Watch - Jan 3 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Right On Cue

Collins Watch - Jan 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

For the Lolz

Maine Politics - Jan 1

Left Hand, Right Hand, Etc.

Collins Watch - Dec 31 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Down East: The Student Lobby

Maine Politics - Dec 31

Equal Marriage Rights 2009, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

DailyKos (Maine) - Dec 29

Why Has Obama Not Gone to Maine?

DailyKos (Maine) - Dec 27

Thought of the Day

Collins Watch - Dec 27 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Shill Game

Collins Watch - Dec 27 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Quote of the Day

Collins Watch - Dec 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Too late, everyone, Snowe has joined the borg collective.

DailyKos (Maine) - Dec 23

Just One Example

Collins Watch - Dec 23

Voting With Your Dollars

Collins Watch - Dec 22

"Billions of New Taxes"?

Collins Watch - Dec 22 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Health Care Reform Fantods

The Snoozette - Dec 22

Quote of the Day

Collins Watch - Dec 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

What's New?

Collins Watch - Dec 21

Politico: Mitchell is Frontrunner

Maine Politics - Dec 21

Putting Maine First?

Collins Watch - Dec 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Frustration At Home

Collins Watch - Dec 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Comity

Collins Watch - Dec 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Words

Collins Watch - Dec 20

Thought of the Day

Collins Watch - Dec 20

Quote of the Day

Collins Watch - Dec 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Olympia Snowe is in play?

DailyKos (Maine) - Dec 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Lousy, Lazy Journalism: Mine

The Snoozette - Dec 17

Military Effectively Bans Abortion for Female Soldiers

The Snoozette - Dec 15

Facebook Moves Beyond the Pale

The Snoozette - Dec 14

Getting To Work?

Collins Watch - Dec 14

Off The Beat

Collins Watch - Dec 9

Mills Snipes at Otten

Maine Politics - Dec 9

Clean and Virtuous

Maine Politics - Dec 8

Flameout of the Day

Maine Politics - Dec 7

Had enough of Sanctimonious Joe?

Alna Erratic - Dec 7 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Electronic same-sex marriage anyone?

DailyKos (Maine) - Dec 6

Then What?

Collins Watch - Dec 5

Wither equal rights?

DailyKos (Maine) - Dec 3

Snow Jobs

Maine Politics - Dec 3

Signal or Noise?

Collins Watch - Dec 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Then and Now

Collins Watch - Dec 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

No Longer Operative?

Collins Watch - Dec 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Joe LIEberman wants the Wall Street bailout to help John McCain's campaign

White Noise Insanity - Dec 2

Joe Biden & Sarah Palin debate tonight...hold your laugher till later.

White Noise Insanity - Dec 2

VP DEBATE: Sarah Palin knows names of dictators, but not the names of American newspapers

White Noise Insanity - Dec 2

Dana Perino is No Ainsley Hayes

The Snoozette - Dec 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

2010 TV Ads Begin

Maine Politics - Dec 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Being Constructive?

Collins Watch - Dec 1

Better Know Some Districts

Maine Politics - Dec 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Question of the Day

Collins Watch - Dec 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Not Just Me

Collins Watch - Dec 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

New Excuse, Please

Collins Watch - Nov 30 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Collins and the Dupes

Collins Watch - Nov 30

Maine's Charter Schools

The Snoozette - Nov 30 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. M Michaud (D) vs P Mills (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 30 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. M Michaud (D) vs J McKernan (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 29

They Write Letters

Collins Watch - Nov 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. M Michaud (D) vs S Collins (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 28

BLUE STATES: Maine. M Michaud (D) vs O Snowe (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. Third democrat in ME.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 26

Dirty Elections

Maine Politics - Nov 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Down East: Unenrolled

Maine Politics - Nov 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. J Baldacci (D) vs P Mills (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 25

Comforting The Powerful

Collins Watch - Nov 25

BLUE STATES: Maine. J Baldacci (D) vs J McKernan (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 24

Let us use the weapon of the enemy against the enemy

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 23

Collins & Snowe Might Come Over. Ha-Ha Lieberfail UPDATEDx3

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 23

Collins & Snowe Might Come Over. Ha-Ha Lieberfail UPDATEDx2

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 23

Collins & Snowe Might Come Over. Ha-Ha Lieberfail UPDATED

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 23

BLUE STATES: Maine. J Baldacci (D) vs S Collins (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 23

Collins & Snowe Might Come Over. Ha-Ha Lieberfail

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 22

BLUE STATES: Maine. J Baldacci (D) vs O Snowe (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 22

Borowitz is a Buffoon

The Snoozette - Nov 22

Profiles In Bad Faith

Collins Watch - Nov 21

Straight people are funny...

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 21

BLUE STATES: Maine. Democrat number two in ME.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 21

Picking Their Battles

Collins Watch - Nov 21 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Lincoln Academy Schedule Means Success

The Snoozette - Nov 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

3 new wind turbines now supplying power in Maine

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 20

Political Engagement

Maine Politics - Nov 20

2009 Betting Pool Results

Maine Politics - Nov 20

BLUE STATES: Maine. C Pingree (D) vs P Mills (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 20

Not Remotely Petty

The Snoozette - Nov 20

Editorial/Obituary Page

Maine Politics - Nov 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. C Pingree (D) vs J McKernan (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 19

The Most Important Questions

The Snoozette - Nov 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. C Pingree (D) vs S Collins (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 18

Quote of the Day

Collins Watch - Nov 17

BLUE STATES: Maine. C Pingree (D) vs O Snowe (R)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 17

Thought of the Day

Collins Watch - Nov 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Is it still satire...

...if it turns out to be true ? Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over." read more ...
Downeast Politics - Nov 17

Executive Order Watch - 1/30/2009

Sorry, folks, Whitehouse.gov was a little slow getting these posted. read more ...
Downeast Politics - Nov 17

Executive Order Watch - 1/21-22/09

Obama's Executive Orders are being posted over at Whitehouse.gov . So far, we have the following: Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel Every appointee ... shall sign ... the following pledge: read more ...
Downeast Politics - Nov 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Recovery.gov

Part of the stimulus act provided for a website to allow people to track where the money goes. That site, Recovery.gov , shows the various states that have their own versions. Turns out that Maine is one of them . :-) There are already posts from Susan Gendron about how the money will be used for school projects, and a report about the apparent low bidder on a I-295 construction project. This s...
Downeast Politics - Nov 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Obama as Faramir

In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Two Towers , Faramir refused to take the One Ring, even to save his city - because it ultimately would not do so. read more ...
Downeast Politics - Nov 17

The Stimulus bill

I was curious as to what the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 actually said, so I went and looked it up on Thomas.loc.gov , where the Library of Congress posts legislative information from Congress. The final version is the one that was "Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate". read more ...
Downeast Politics - Nov 17

Now the right wingers are going after Barack’s letter to Paulson/Bernanke & the money he’s spent on ...

I’m sorry, but this is laugh out loud funny. The right wingers (as their party dies as we approach the finish line) are now going after Barack Obama’s letter he wrote to Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke. Apparently, the right wingers are blaming Barack for not doing enough. Some of the wingers, like this one, [...] ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17

Sen. Susan Collins is not Margaret Chase Smith despite Collins’ delusion over her own voting record

(picture of MCS) The late great republican Us Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine once said of the republican party back in the 1950’s: “Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.” and… “I don’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny [...] ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Check out Tom Ryan’s latest video about voting machine fraud

Someone over on FDL just posted a link to this in the comments. I though it was hysterical (and frightening of course!) and I hope Tom Ryan wins his race this Tuesday: Posted in Election 2008, Election Fraud, Politics, Voting ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17

How far does Oxford County Probate Judge Dana Hanely’s power stretch?

Your post music… Remember the post I did about current republican Oxford County Probate Judge Dana Hanley and how the documents he’s filled out over time show him not living in Oxford County, but rather, it appears he actually lives in Cumberland County in the town of Windham? Well, the drama is gettin’ good. Maybe he [...] ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

John McCain is going to win on Tuesday because of the Bradley Effect?

This is just a bunch of bullshit. If the Bradley Effect was really in play, then in my very white state of Maine on Caucus Day in February of this year, Hillary Clinton would have won over Barack Obama! But that didn’t happen. Nope. Forty five thousand mainly white Democrats came out to vote for [...] ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

John McCain funded a PLO right wing think tank?

Ooopsie dooooo. It appears John McCain is MORE connected to Bill Ayers and Rashid Khalidi (a PLO sympathizer) than Barack Obama is. Seems Johnny gave Mr. Khalidi close to $500,000 in the last ten years when Johnny was in charge of the International Republican Institute. Keith Olbermann explains (hat tip to Rutherford Lawson for posting [...] ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17

Sarah Palin booed when she congratulated the Phillies for winning the World Series

I love it. Apparently the people of Erie, PA despise the Phillies. Had Sarah Palin done her homework like an exceptional executive leader would have or had surrounded herself with people who could look past her looks, she would have known this prior to opening her lipstick coated mouth. Huh. I guess she has surrounded [...] ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17

The next time John McCain says ‘my friends’ think of this video

HYSTERICAL. Enjoy! (hat tip to Foothillsmike of FDL for posting this video today) Posted in Election 2008, Integrity, John McCain, Sarah Palin ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17

Here’s what the republican party has boiled down to in 8 short years…

(picture credit) Posted in Election 2008, Freaking Hysterical, Neocon, republican ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17

happy halloween from barack obama’s campaign!

The right wing robots keep spewing their crap! Stop them now!!!! Before it’s too late!!!! (hat tip to Jane Hamsher of FDL for the video) Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Joe Biden, Obama/Biden '08, Politics ...
White Noise Insanity - Nov 17

55-385

La loi n° 55-385 du 3 janvier 1955 modifiée par la loi n° 551080 du 7 août 1955 et l'ordonnance n° 80-372 du 15 avril 1960 was put into effect yesterday evening. For those to young to recall, this is......
Wampum - Nov 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Meme à Bruxelles / Brussel ... auch in Berlin und Bremen

I lived for most of three years in the Commune of Ixelles / Elsene. At least one Sunday a month I'd go to Gare Central / Centraalstation and catch a train one stop south to Gare du Midi / Zuidstation,......
Wampum - Nov 17

Today's Cartoon

Today's Cartoon is from Mike Lester of the Rome (Ga.) News Tribune.......
Wampum - Nov 17

Riverbend post

Mandatory reading. I learned something from it. Click on her book's gif on the right sidebar.......
Wampum - Nov 17

Round the Blog-o-Hexagon

Riots in France by Adrien Wing, November 3, in blackprof.com. Thoughtful and under two pages. The problem with France by Steve Gilliard, November 6th, in stevegilliard.blogspot.com, both a piece from the Euro version of Boonews and some background pieces (and......
Wampum - Nov 17

1 408 véhicules, 395 personnes interpellées et 36 policiers blessés

This shows the conflict in its social dimension. The cités (aka "HLM", trans. "the projects") are largely abandoned by the French state, anonymous and experienced as "other", not as French neighborhoods, and the CRS/GM/police, also anonymous and experienced as "other",......
Wampum - Nov 17

Walking on Armistice Day

It took 18 days to collapse (and invert) the Iraq Army defensive perimeter, from the initial movement order to the final investment of central Baghdad. One plan, which I will characterize as "Stay the Course", broadly retains US forces as......
Wampum - Nov 17

Women are not a "special interest group"

As Duncan pointed out late last night (pointing to this TPMCafe post), Corzine won in New Jersey because he actually approached women as key voters, not as a special interest group. In particular, he framed his economic policies in terms......
Wampum - Nov 17

Assigning Blame

It is now clear that the administration drove us to war in Iraq based on a group of false claims. That was a huge mistake. We have paid for that mistake with thousand lives, more than ten thousand injuries, and......
Wampum - Nov 17

Valuing Pain and Suffering

Santorum Exposed, by way of Atrios, reminds us that Rick Santorum is a hypocrite with regard to statutory limits on pain and suffering awards in personal injury actions. They link to this ABC News piece: In recent years many......
Wampum - Nov 17

Ten minutes until the polls close in Maine...

We (well, I, as Eric is on a plane to Pittsburgh at the moment) sit here (in North Carolina) waiting for the polls to close on Election Day in our home state of Maine (yes, we voted absentee.) While there......
Wampum - Nov 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Fill in the Blank

Some years ago, among certain people, it was considered witty to remark that a conservative was a liberal who had been mugged. Google returns 138,000 hits for “conservative” + “liberal” + “mugged”. Let’s turn the adage around and ask “a......
Wampum - Nov 17

On this date...

Three years back, a small, insignificant event took place in the blogosphere. The first post on Wampum.......
Wampum - Nov 17

The Meaning of Pervasive

Autism is a pervasive disorder. The National Institute of Mental Health writes: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), cause severe and pervasive impairment in thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to others. At......
Wampum - Nov 17

"Ces individus semblent chercher le contact avec la police et nous agressent, à la différence des au...

That's the word early this evening from Toulouse where a group of 30+ civilians and an undisclosed number of police were engaged in an exchange of gas grenades and diverse projectiles. For the first time the police are being engaged......
Wampum - Nov 17

Happy people dancing

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

You say "tomato," I say "f you"

Alna Erratic - Nov 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Fearful? Check. Xenophobic? Check. Aggressive? Check.

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Minnesota humor

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

The year in blogging

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

The Obamas: An American family

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Just another day with the grandchildren

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Getting environmentalists out of their silos

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Time to change churches

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Former Republican to Obama: Drop the bipartisanship. We're not worthy.

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

ZOMG it's Dick Cheney with hair

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

They hate us for our freedoms

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Boil that cabbage down

Alna Erratic - Nov 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The duplicity of George Will

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Kenneth the Page responds

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Friends of the Earth hearts Obama

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

They weren't inept. They did it on purpose.

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

Robin Williams on golf

Alna Erratic - Nov 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

"It was a dark and stormy night" redux

Alna Erratic - Nov 17

A Dark and Bright Morning

The Snoozette - Nov 17

Richardson Runs, Resigns

Maine Politics - Nov 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Asked, Unanswered

Collins Watch - Nov 16

John Richardson Announces in Brunswick

Maine Politics - Nov 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

BLUE STATES: Maine. Democrat number one in ME.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 16

 Equal Rights: 3 Bigots: 2.  

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 15

Equal Rights: 3 Bigots: 2.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 15

Obama is a Civilian

The Snoozette - Nov 15

Best 2009 Election Slogan

Maine Politics - Nov 15 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

My Brave Veteran Friends

The Snoozette - Nov 14

Advice From the Not Quite Lovelorn

The Snoozette - Nov 14

Saturday Morning Parenting Diary

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 14

Beautiful Documentary Of No On 1 Campaign in Maine

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 13 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

No on 1 Documentary

Maine Politics - Nov 13

Star Struck

Collins Watch - Nov 13 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Coffee, Tea or, Oh Nevermind

The Snoozette - Nov 11

Standing Out

Collins Watch - Nov 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Greeting 900,000 troups in Bangor, Maine: POV 11/11

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Gonzo Politics 2012

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Snowe Vulnerable?

Maine Politics - Nov 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Disingenuousness Watch

Collins Watch - Nov 10

It's not about marriage, its about rights for real people

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 9 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

After Maine, Some Good News!

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 9 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Getting approval for posting Pastor Fitch's sermon: "Homosexuality and the Bible"

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 9

Gay ballot measures since '72: 102 losses, 23 wins

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 8

The Future of Marriage Equality in New Hampshire

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 8 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

No More Mr Nice Gay (cont'd). With Poll!

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 8

Is It Time to Go Negative in the Fight for Gay Marriage Rights?  with poll!

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 7

Pingree, Michaud Will Vote For Health Care Reform

Maine Politics - Nov 7

I wrote this before the vote on Question 1...

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 7 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Putting Maine, Washington state & Gay Rights in Perspective: Let's Start Acting Like Winners!

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 7

Taking a Break from Maine

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 6

Is It Wrong ...

The Snoozette - Nov 6

Are gays people? Christian? American?

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 6

Radio Retrospective

Maine Politics - Nov 6

Sitting by (in) the fire with Mormons

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 6

Just Stop It. Seriously.

Collins Watch - Nov 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Tell Women Something We Don't Know

The Snoozette - Nov 6

What's Stopping Health Care Reform?

The Snoozette - Nov 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Resolved – Prohibit Referenda on Rights

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Maine: Gayja vu all over again x31

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Staring down fear (of teh gay)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Correction: We're not coming at this, it's coming at us.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5

White Skin Privilege and Maine, The Sequel.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

I am so very, very sick of this.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Marriage Equality in New York: Vote Tuesday. Action Diary

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5

we beat them!

Brothers & Sisters, You did it! Thanks to the hard work of union members and many others in Maine, TABOR/Question 4 was soundly defeated 60-40 at the polls yesterday as was Question 2/the gutting of the auto excise tax. This is an important victory for Maine workers and our communities. We want to take a moment to thank all of you and your unions for the work that you put into defeating TABOR. The...
Maine AFL-CIO Employee Free Choice Act Blog - Nov 5 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Gay Marriage/Civil Union proposal?

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5

Jon Stewart Weighs In on Question 1

Maine Politics - Nov 5

Marriage Equality- Is time really on our side? (not necessarily)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5

Last year and this year: View from a straight guy

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Hope will never be silent

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Maybe we've been coming at this wrong.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Bending Towards Justice

Maine Politics - Nov 5

Tolerant In Name, Not In Action

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

So Sorry in Maine

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Maine, Prejean Lawsuit Settlement , and Hyper- Hypocrisy

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The pain of yesterday's loss in Maine for marriage equality

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

As Long As We're Passing Laws

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

CW's Election Post-mortem

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A Tale of Washington and Maine

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

Maine: Don't Get Upset, Get Angry

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Day After

Maine Politics - Nov 4

Maine, A Battle Lost, But The War Will Be Won.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

My LTE on Susan Collins published today

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

On Prop 8 anniversary, a reason for hope

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why I love this community

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

Dear Father Andrew:  I Am Finished/ Updated for Common Cause

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

To the anti-gay right, you won for now.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

RANT: Our National Shame

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Our National Shame

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Maine’s Swing Voters -- Why Marriage Equality Failed -- Some Fact Based Instant Analysis

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

Election postmortem

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Dear Maine (2)

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A Dying Breed - Hold your heads high my brothers & sisters

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

Governing through Ballot Initiatives Must Stop

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

How Many?

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

The New State of Maine ...

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

FWIW - My Thoughts On Yesterday

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

Is "No" on "No" part of the problem?

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

I'm straight, and I'm weeping

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

Here's to cynicism  I mean pooties

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Dear Father Andrew: I Am Finished

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

LGBT Community will fight, and win Right to be five-fifths an American

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4

Maine, Equal Rights, and Patriotism.  And Love.

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Here's to cynicism

DailyKos (Maine) - Nov 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks