[Recon Dad]

pledging allegiance “not to a political party, but to the Constitution of the State of Maine and the Constitution of the United States of America,”

This is way too scary to contimplate!

and instead represented a set of values and principles that candidates could pick and choose from.

There’s your problem! When your State and National Constitutions are things you can pick and choose from.

[LibertyRocks]

I’m not understand what you are saying. Scary in a good way, or a bad way?

I don’t see where it says you can “pick and choose” from the respective Constitutions, but that the candidates and members must - rather than supporting UNCONSTITUTIONAL Bills as they (especially Snowe) have in the past - consider all of their actions as it relates to the respective Constitutions.

At least that’s what I got from the article (admitted I didn’t go read the entire platform as written).