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Process leaves many voters unhappy with choice
The presidential campaigns are getting closer to the choice of party nominees, but many people say they are unhappy about the most likely outcome. Party rules and relatively few voters are responsible for the likely matchup between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. This possible choice results from the demise of the “smoke-filled room” […]
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The fall campaign starts now
Winter won’t turn to spring for several weeks, but the fall campaign for president starts now. After Super Tuesday, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can see clear paths to their parties’ nominations. True, the anti-Trump forces show faint flickers of life, but battle lines are already forming. And at this point, Clinton rates as […]
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Noontime sunsets, midnight lunches
Time zones are a gigantic pain in the butt. They’re necessary. Without them, there would be one slim strip of Earth that experienced normal, sensible times – a sunny midday noontime, pitch-black midnight, evening sunsets – and everywhere else would be a tangle of disorientation. Ethiopians would go to bed at 10 in the morning, […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Concord Monitor (N.H.), Feb. 26: Imagine your life without a smart phone. You are at the grocery store and can’t remember whether you were supposed to pick up chicken breasts or thighs for your spouse’s Crock-Pot recipe. A text message would provide an answer within a matter of seconds, but that’s not an option. […]
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Thanks to Rep. Pingree for protecting the Arctic Refuge
The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act is named for two great American visionaries: Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who set aside the core of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 1960, and former Democratic U.S. Representative Morris Udall from Arizona, who succeeded in doubling its size in 1980. The amendment considered on Friday honored the bipartisan […]
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Look, listen and learn
Saco residents soon will benefit by recent council actions that will reinforce transparency in our local official transactions and discourse. For years, the public was unable to hear or see what was presented at council or school board meetings. Come April, citizens will see a change. The council approved spending funds to replace the audio/visual […]
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Show up and caucus
As a caucus organizer, my biggest concern is that there is insufficient voter education on how to prepare for attending the causes. Too many people are confused on the basics – how delegates are chosen, what captains do, what regular caucus goers do, what they have to plan ahead for, etc. Many don’t even realize […]
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Hillary’s race baiting past
Three days before the Democrats’ South Carolina presidential primary – in which Hillary Clinton won nearly 90 percent of the black vote – a drama unfolded at a private $500- a-ticket fundraiser in an upscale Charleston neighborhood. A video of the event showed Clinton speaking in the spacious foyer of a wealthy donor’s lavish home. […]