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Le Page is another political hopeful with a discount mentality. Mainers are tired of having to make ends meet through yard sales. I went through the Waterville area the other day and looks like their major “industry” is yard sales and flea markets. When you think small, you think discount. When you rise above that mentality of just getting by, take chances, quit complaining about being slave to the man( you seem to envy the rich that can pay for their own ads ), you get to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Education is key. But I won't go down that road, we know who will always be the worker and who will have the success story early on.

Maine has been discounted far too long. It's time to bring real business ventures to Maine besides a new Mardens on the block promoting rummage sales to those that can't afford to pay retail..why because Maine has been represented far too long by discounted thinkers—and "so Maine goes".

When many think of Sunday River, and had this discussion with another successful investor within that area the other day, who agreed on another level of success which was more than just financial gain over long term, but great memories made from the families that bought in, vacationed, built small business surrounding the area that have grown immensely— but its what money can't buy—a generation passing on great memories to the next generation to pass on to their children and continue to do so.

Menards mentality is just to feed on the less fortunate to make a buck—no memories there, its just about the money.. —you get what you pay for—cheap is cheap and will remain cheap. Workers are the less educated, single parent--decisions in life got them to where they are.

Maine deserves better than discount warehouses and casino/gambling-all in the market for the unskilled in stagnant & depressed locations.

By the way you do not know Mr Otten as many of us Mainers do for many years, you live off the rhetoric of others--he does not spin, never has and held true to his core beliefs. He's a good leader for Maine.

LePage is fiscally conservative, unlike Otten, who really wants to spend money. In that respect, Otten could fit in well with the Democrats. Republicans should never be the big spenders and now is certainly not the time for more spending.

LePage has a proven track record of fighting with Democrats and getting taxes cut. His focus on welfare seems smart, seeing as we really can't afford the generous welfare packages we provide in Maine, especially since we aren't a particularly rich state.

Otten volunteered in the last debate (not the one today that I noticed) that he'd like to do marketing for the state of Maine, help out the new Governor. Building the Maine brand. That sounds like something Otten might be good at.

Why doesn't Otten just take his money and build another ski resort. Your argument is that Otten built a kickass ski resort and everyone who ever worked there thinks he's just tops. Hey, no doubt. But the skills required for building a ski resort aren't the same for being a governor.

And, you have to remember, American Skiing failed as big as Sunday River succeeded.

The state of Maine is a lot more like American Skiing than Sunday River.

I'm sorry that there are stores for low income people to shop in. It's too bad that those high value stores are there and not ski resorts, which clearly you prefer. LePage wants to cut taxes, so people can keep more of their paychecks and shop at a wider variety of stores.

The real reason why Freepers from out of state should contribute to Lepage http://lepage2010.com is that LePage could challenge Collins in 2014.