[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrIm3-v8nF4?rel=0] It’s a good bet that many who watched independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler’s press conference Wednesday will be perplexed by his remarks. The event was initially billed as something of a quasi-concession, although not a formal withdrawal. Both actions have real implications for Mainers who have already voted for Cutler. Then Cutler began […]

* Dividing the opposition vote has been tried here before. It’s happening again. The Maine Republican Party has begun spending money on mail advertising designed to boost independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. The mail piece that hit Portland and other markets shows Cutler, Democratic candidate Mike Michaud and Republican Gov. Paul LePage on three issues that would […]

The first debate in the 2014 race for governor is Wednesday. You may have heard about it. Given all the hullabaloo over the gubernatorial debates — who said what, who changed the seating — one may wonder if the whole shebang could get deep-sixed by something as trivial as the shape of a table. Additionally, could Wednesday’s Eggs and Issues event […]

* Check out the above campaign handout for state Rep. Don Marean, R-Hollis. It’s not uncommon for candidates for the Maine Legislature to omit their party affiliation on campaign literature. The conventional wisdom is that Mainers care less about party and more about the person. Marean takes another approach altogether. Republican?  Democrat? Who cares? Bonny Eagle […]

A quick rundown of some political odds and ends … * Here’s a quick recap on the WGAN Morning Show from Sept. 23 about a  story that seemed to encapsulate all the negative aspects of the gubernatorial race in a single piece. * Consumers of the Sunlight Foundation’s Political Party Time now have a local version, thanks to the Maine Center for Public […]