Can he win the general?
He would make a great Governor (and President)!
“None of the networks even wanted to mention Maine last night, but the Tea Party candidate for Governor, Paul LePage, who was never expected to win according to recent polls, shocked the establishment by running away with the Republican nomination and defeating his closest competitor by 20 points.”
You’re not kidding. I didn’t even know Maine had a gubernatorial election going on. It was NOT mentioned, even on Fox (from what I remember).
Lead the way Maine. Lead the way.
WHOA!
That’s impressive.
Can he win the general?
If you look at Politico, the front-page story (at least when I checked) was entitled “The Center Fights Back.” They only trumpeted the primaries won by so-called moderates.
Geez...I’m in New England and I didn’t hear about this...
Our town had a pretty good turnout. We did pretty well with gains on independents from what I heard. Victory on the Gubernatorial race is to be celebrated but I still wish that we could gt Mainers to stop voting yes for every bond issue put in front of them.
This is a nice surprise. The only article I read about Maine was about 3 days ago. It stated that the tea party movement was waning in Maine and that its candidates weren’t doing well!
Paul LePage for Governor:
The 5 minute video covering his life story and philosophy on the front page is definitely worth watching.
Was LePage the mayor when the Waterville PD ticketed the veterans for placing memorial mini flags on public property in Waterville a few years ago?
LePage has very strong grassroots support. Even Portland and, I believe, Bangor went for LePage. Beardsley is another solid conservative but is a minor figure compared with LePage.
I’m not at all surprised that LePage won for no other reason than the enthusiasm. He told us at a meet 7 greet (paraphrasing just a bit) - “you get me the nomination, I’ll take care of getting the Blaine House (gov’s mansion).”
His Dem opponent, Mitchell, is a nasty piece of work.
This is a candidate I will back strongly. An admirable struggle to the top.
People in ME have had an unbounded thirst for big government for many years. Even Margaret Chase Smith was on the “big government” team. It will take a real departure from the norm in ME for Mr. LePage to win. People there really believe that government is there to “help them.”