Posted on 04/03/2019 1:15:59 PM PDT by jazusamo
That was Governor Paul LePage, elected in Nov. 2010 and re-elected in Nov. 2014. Gov. LePage actually did much better than expected in the more liberal First Congressional District in 2014.
LePage was actually the most conservative governot in the U.S. when he was in office, and he spoke his mind. He was even more outspoken than President Trump.
Gov. LePage has moved to Florida, but will live in northern Maine during the warm weather months.
LePage has already said he will run again in 2022. A governor in Maine can serve more than two terms, but after the second term, the third term can not be consecutive.
Look, she used to bother me all the time. I cut her some slack now...she is from a fairly liberal state, so she needs to show she is bipartisan and not a shill. Her speech about the Kavanaugh confirmation vote was brilliant. I generally don’t like her mannerisms or the way she speaks, but that no longer bothers me, either. That speech showed she really thoroughly considered both sides of the vote, took it seriously, did her homework and actually decided based on fact and not on emotion or the threats she and her staff received. Plus with two more republicans in the Senate, her vote is less important - a bit less important.
Nuke the bastards, 24/7.
She’s a top scalp being sought by the Left after sticking her neck out to get Kavanaugh through. I’m just glad I’m not in Maine to have to make that decision...but at least in 2020 you can think of at least one reason to vote for her...might be the only one, but at least it is something.
They'll just Scalia all the judges.
Given the 51-48 vote it is apparent the votes did not exist until now...and certainly not last year. Odd that the holdout was not Murkowski, but Mike Lee.
The thing about her is that she doesn’t claim to be a conservative. I don’t like it, but I respect the honesty. She freely admits she is not and presents herself honestly...unlike some others who claim to be conservatives for votes but are not.
Good point. I had not thought of that.
How silly. I’m glad you’re not the leader. Lee votes with the Rs almost all the time. Collins is her own boss, comes from a liberal state and comes through sometimes - Kavanaugh. She votes for most but not all judges, which is better than if she is a democrat, which would mean never.
If you were in MS or AL, I could agree with you. Get the most conservative candidate who can win the state. In your case, that's Susan and be happy with that. Your state will do no better. She did vote for Kavanaugh.
Case in point. After Snowe resigned, your state elected King. Before that the odious Mitchell and Muskie. I'll take Susan any day over those.
Why do you think that?
The Supremes will never rule on any Senate procedure. The Constitution allows each body to make their own rules and the SC would never intervene and has never intervened when given the opportunity.
I believe the Democrats have put themselves so far to the left of the center that they are legitimately viewed by at least half of the country as in fundamental conflict with the foundational principles of our nation.
As Trump succeeds in rebuilding the spirit of the US as a nation that preserves and nurtures freedom, the dignity of all people, personal responsibility, and religion as basic to our health, the Democrats, in their vile opposition, will continue to alienate themselves from decent people.
We are on the cusp of that happening and the democrats for their part are doubling down on stupidity, arrogance, and hatred.
That’s why.
Yes... But Mike Lee is a serious disappointment. The pos never Trumper needs to be voted out of office.
The Democrats and their wholly-owned subsidiaries in the media have been complaining that McConnell somehow threw out “233 years of Senate history” with this move. Of course, they neglect to mention that filibusters of judicial nominees were almost unheard of for the first 200 or so of those years.
I didn’t say that I wasn’t going to vote for Collins in 2020....I said “We’ll see.”
In my posts in the past, I mentioned Collins voted for Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and the Trump tax cuts. A democrat would have voted “no” on all three.
If the Collins race is close, I’ll vote for her in order to help the Republicans keep the Senate and to help the president.
Susan Rice is going to run as a Democrat....I didn’t even know she lived in Maine. She must be a summer part-time resident. This is news to me, and I’ve been here 27 years.
In 2014, Collins was polling between 60% - 70%. She didn’t need my vote, so I did a write in.
Muskie was before my time...I lived in California for 17 years, and voted GOP while there.
I sent letters to George Mitchell when he was a senator and it was when he was saying the Second Amendment was for “sporting purposes.” I told him that the purpose of the Second Amendment was to give the people a means to fight a tyrannical government. And then I added, “As a former federal judge and as a senator, you should know that.”
Now Mitchell is a consultant in DC, has a young wife and young kids, and an oceanfront home in Seal Harbor, Maine. How nice.
I certainly didn’t “lose” the House in November. You can thank the media, Mueller, and the 45 GOP incumbents who declined to run for re-election for that outcome, as well as dem tricks like ballot harvesting.
I voted for Maine 2nd District GOP incumbent Bruce Poliquin.
He lost, even though he received 2,500 more votes than Jared Golden, the dem challenger.
That was due to “rank choice voting,” which was passed in a statewide vote by dems in the liberal First Congressional District. The Second District people did not want it. Neither the GOP incumbent nor the dem challenger received 50% of the vote, so they had to count the second choice pick of the voters.
William Hoar and Tiffany Bond were the two minor candidates, but were lefties pretending to be Republicans, and their presence in the race tipped the election to the dem, even though he received fewer votes. Tiffany Bond lives in the First District, which is outrageous.
The Second District....80% of the state....is far more conservative than the more heavily populated First Congressional District....the Portland area.
Because the First Congressional District is more populated, they screw up statewide votes often.
Candidate Trump carried the Second District by 10 points. He and his family made many trips here. Maine splits it’s electoral votes.
Constitutional Carry passed here three and a half years ago....many democrats actually voted for it.
Snowe didn’t resign....she chose not to run for re-election.
I didn’t vote for Angus King, but he was elected Senator because of name recognition....he is a former governor....and because of the far more populated...and far more liberal....First Congressional district. There are a lot of liberals there.
I met Olympia Snowe and her husband in a supermarket aisle here in Maine on Friday, August 27th, 2010. I had a twenty minute conversation her and her husband, Former Maine governor John “Jock” McKernann.
They were both pleasant. At the time, VERY conservative Paul LePage was running for governor for the first time, and Olympia Snowe made it clear to me that she supported his candidacy.
We talked about the upcoming 2012 presidential race. I crossed my fingers, held them in front of Snowe’s face and said, “I hope Sarah Palin runs!” She smiled at me...with a nervous look on her face, and nodded her head.
I surprised that Lee voted with the dems but Romney voted with the GOP.
Yay! PDJT hits my high notes every week!
Building the wall while re-building our hijacked courts! MAGA! :)
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