You find that with lots of folks from Maine ~ they don't know the United States exists so they don't care.
“You find that with lots of folks from Maine - they don’t know the United States exists so they don’t care.”
I disagree strongly with your comment. I’ve lived in Maine for over twenty years, and on November 2nd we elected a TEA Party guy, Paul LePage, governor. He will take office in about a week. At that point in time, Maine will have one of the most conservative governors in America.
The GOP won control of both our State House AND our State Senate on November 2nd. The last time the GOP controlled the Maine governorship and the House and Senate was in the early 1960’s.
We also have a new Secretary of State, another conservative and a veteran of the Iraq War, Charlie Summers.
The reason Snowe and Collins keep getting re-elected is because the RATS run ultra, left-wing candidates against them. Snowe and Collins, in the eyes of many, look reasonable and mainstream when compared to these Ted Kennedy and Cindy Sheehan types.
Snowe is facing a primary challenge in 2012. Already, a conservative GOP man has announced his intentions to run against her in the primary. Collins is up in 2014. A recent survey by the Maine GOP showed that Maine Republicans want someone more conservative than Snowe in 2012.
There’s no shortage of liberals here.....after all, southern Maine is near Massachusetts.....but there is also no shortage of flag waving patriots. Per capita, Maine has one of the largest shares of men and women in the military.