Presidents
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PublishedMarch 3, 2023
Paul Mills: In 1976, Maine helped elect a president
Carter gained vital traction by winning Maine’s caucus, and his Maine lieutenant quickly grasped that the candidate’s Southern roots were the key to a Democratic White House comeback.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2023
Another View: What exactly does it take to be president?
If you’ve got it, we want documentation.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Maine Voices: I am grateful to you, Jimmy Carter, for being my role model
You have lived your ideals and made a real difference in the world, holding on to hope even as some of your biggest accomplishments have been dismantled.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
Post-Trump, Democrats push to curb presidential powers
Most of the legislation is in direct response to actions by Trump that Democrats saw as abuses of presidential power, including his firing of agency whistleblowers, his defiance of congressional subpoenas and his campaign’s interactions with Russians in the 2016 election.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2021
The Presidents’ plates: We look back at presidential visits to Maine, with an eye on the food
From lobster to coconut ice cream, it's Fare to the Chief.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Commentary: Rediscovering America – a quiz on presidential inaugurations
On Inauguration Day, test your knowledge of U.S. inaugural traditions, history and processes.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2020
Commentary: What you think you know about presidential transitions is wrong
In fact, they can start before the General Services Administration gives its blessing.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2020
Maine Voices: We’ve been through bitter election years – and we’ve survived
Thomas Jefferson’s 1800 challenge to incumbent John Adams had everything we’re dealing with now, only worse.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to 2 presidents and part-time Mainer, dies at 95
Scowcroft, who owned a home in Kennebunkport, was a key aide to the first President Bush, helping to shape U.S. responses to the collapse of communism in Europe, the Tiananmen Square protests and Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2020
All the presidents’ books
In 'Author in Chief,' Craig Fehrman tells little-known stories about how presidents, or their ghostwriters, produced, published and sold their books.
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