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Greg Kesich: Our reactions to finding or losing a $20 bill reveal a great deal about us

As advertisers and political consultants know, we cling to the status quo and hate to lose.

If the state’s lawmakers let ranked-choice voting die, another candidate with meager support may win the governorship.

Recent events can’t be pleasant for those who never liked him much but voted for him anyway.

He wouldn’t bring that up while backing a school bond that calls for raising taxes, because that would be a sign he lacks political sense.

by GREG KESICH April 26, 2017April 26, 2017

Gov. LePage’s town hall forum featured polarized parties with little chance of a meeting of the minds.

Mainers voted for a surtax on the rich to bring education aid up to a 55% target – and that adds up.

The U.S. government was paying a big chunk of the medical bills long before Obamacare became a thing.

The Senate is stymied in a partisan face-off and the party in power often gets what it wants. Should Democrats just wait for 2018?

Worse, he’s basing policy on them, and dooming an addict a day to the epidemic’s body count.

Some won’t like it, but many leaders agree that’s how to address our aging state population and dwindling workforce.