“Mike Michaud. I remember something about that race. The rats pouring money in or something.”
Yes, there was a pro-labor group or something running ads last fall to prop up Democrats in vulnerable districts, and amond the recipients was Michael Michaud, which was a bit surprising. Earlier this month, Michaud was one of the last Democrats to announce his support for the Senate Obamacare bill, and apparently his disagreement was not over abortion (Michaud claims, or at least claimed, to be pro-life, but was not one of the Stupak Dozen). Put the two together, and it seems to me that Michaud and his labor allies know that he’s in real trouble this November. The ME-02 gave President Bush around 46% in 2004 but appeared to be trending RAT; maybe it’s moving back in our direction in a fierce way.
i spent a lot of time up there in the 80’s doing politics, northern Maine. plenty of Bible Belt Dems. Similar to northern W.VA. .... trending against Obama since the beginning ... sure they went heavy for Hillary in caucus.
combine that with the French Catholic folks ... and it could be a trainwreck for DEMS. Maybe the French have a high awareness of ObamaCare because of their relatives across the border.