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April SNAP Update
Dear SNAP Supporters:New York FundraiserGloria Steinem, Felice Gaer & Henryk Baran, Gail Robinson & Bill Sweet, Robert Rifkind, Robert Fertik, Bruce & Fredda Vladeck, Blanche W. Cook, and...
View ArticleCheers and Jeers: Wednesday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...Let's Play A Game of Seek 'n Find!The Human Rights Campaign is out with its list of U.S. Senate endorsements. One of them doesn’t belong. See of you can spot it:2008...
View ArticleThe Good Guys Win One in Maine
Here's a headline we like to see (from today's Portland Press Herald): Jury Acquits Six Anti-War Protesters.What crime were they charged with? These good and brave citizens were demonstrating at the...
View ArticleME-Sen: Susan Collins does NOT support the troops
Cross posted at Turn Maine BlueOur Senator, our friend from up in northern Maine, has another video out, one that I'm sure you will want to share:Thanks to the hard work of the Democratic Senatorial...
View ArticleResearch help needed: Ethanol subsidy
Howdy:I do not have the time, nor the expertise to prove this statement by Maine's junior senator, Susan Collins, to be a lie - but I feel it is one. Can you help?From Collins own blog she writes:I...
View ArticleRep. Tom Allen (ME) endorses Obama - Super #1 for Today
Superdelegate #1 for Obama today. How many more will we see before the end of the day? If today is anything like Friday we'll see quite a few more.Democratic Rep. Tom Allen announced this morning that...
View ArticleObama Picks Up Super Del Tom Allen
The Mainer who should be Senator show real party leadership:PORTLAND - Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Allen today pledged his support to Senator Barack Obama. Allen made his announcement...
View ArticleMay 12th Super-Delegate Open Thread (O+4, C+0) [updatedx2]
Sorry, I was getting sick and tired of each new super announcement getting a diary. Therefore, here is an open thread on the supers for the day. I'll update this as more supers come out for both...
View ArticleME-Sen: Collins' lack of oversight - must see TV
WGME-TV (Portland) has this five minute segment about Susan Collins' tenure as chair of the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HS&GA) that you're going to want to...
View ArticleME-Senate: Tom Allen only down 10 points against Collins! -Rasmussen
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Maine voters shows that the state’s U.S. Senate race has gotten a little bit tighter this month. In her bid for re-election, Republican Senator Susan...
View ArticleME-Sen: Local TV provides follow-up to Collins piece
Kagro X had this diary on Friday that links to the original video, an expose about Susan Collins tenure as chair of the Senate's HS&GA Committee, the one tasked with overseeing ALL Federal...
View ArticleTom Allen asks for no outside influence in race against Susan Collins - WHY????
I received an email from Tom Allen last week asking that I refrain from funding 3rd party groups who may intend to launch "vicious" attacks against Susan Collins. Below are some excerpts from todays...
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Maine Democratic Convention Report
Take a brief break from Puerto Rico and the RBC decision and please take a look at what happened in Maine this weekend. And, more importantly find out why this young lady is wearing a dress made out...
View ArticleDems: Helpful facts to counter GOP lies
A couple of articles continue to perpetuate a GOP lie which might undo some Democrats. Maine has been targeted because of the expected Senate race between Representative Tom Allen (D-Maine) and...
View ArticleCheers and Jeers: Monday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...Tom Allen wants you to be healthy. Susan Collins might not.Maine Congressman Tom Allen, now running for the U.S. Senate, recently unveiled what he calls "a bold,...
View Article62 Senate Dems in 2009 - dare to dream
I know, I know...it's not likely, but a brother can dream can't he?Following up on my post from yesterday and incorporating some of the suggestions/corrections from the comments made there, let's take...
View ArticleMaine candidates help open county party office
Cross posted at Turn Maine BlueOn a gorgeous early summer morning, about 75 Mid Coast Dem's were joined by by their compatriots seeking office to officially open the Knox County Democratic...
View ArticleSenate Predictions: Dems will gain 4 seats!! (with Poll)
June Update Senate gains looking solid. Dems have a lot of work to do to go from solid gains of 4-5 seats to huge gains of 7-9 seats.Current Senate: 49 Dems, 1 Socialist, 1 Lieberman, 49 GOP.
View ArticleME-Sen: Collins' lead continues to shrink, support drops below 50%
Rasmussen. 6/16. Likely voters. MoE 4%. (5/22)Collins (R) 49 (52) Allen (D) 42 (42)Allen has been quietly, steadily closing the gap in polling numbers between himself and Collins for months now, and...
View ArticleMaine Senate Races Tightens
The lead Republican incumbent Collins has held over Democrat Tom Allen continues to degrade. According to Rasmussen, in April, the lead was 16. In May, it was 10. Now the June poll has the lead down...
View ArticleME-Sen: Collins lack of oversight in the news again
Cross posted at Turn Maine BlueIn light of recent reports in the New York Times and the BBC Jonathan Kaplan has this in today's Portland Press Herald reporting on Rep. Tom Allen's renwed criticism of...
View ArticleSusan Collins Tacks to the Right of Holy Joe on Energy Market Speculation
We all know that Senator Susan Collins is no friend of progressive politics. With Holy Joe at her side, however, she is trying to create the appearance of being a moderate. So much for that image...
View ArticleGOOD Congressional challengers on FISA: The List
In the last couple days, there have been several posts across the blogosphere citing what various candidates running for Congress have said on FISA and retroactive immunity for the telecoms. But so...
View ArticleME-Sen: DSCC releases new ad
On the heels of Mike Lux putting the race between Rep. Tom Allen and Susan Collins as the 4th most important this cycle and with Collins holding only a 7 point lead in a recent poll (with Collins less...
View Article10 forgotten candidates you should help
The netroots / blogosphere has picked its favorites, be they Rick Noriega or Darcy Burner or Scott Kleeb. (All three of whom are great candidates.)In this diary, I wanted to spread the love a bit to a...
View ArticleAgain, the GOOD Dem challengers on FISA: a list
Given what happened yesterday, I feel it's important I repost my earlier diary on who are the GOOD Democratic challengers when it comes to FISA. I'll try to corral all their statements into this...
View ArticleRas: Obama's lead in ME dips to single digits
Rasmussen just released its poll results from the Pine Tree State.
View ArticleME-Sen: Allen, others, targeted by anti-union Richard Berman group
Not satisfied with simply lying that the Employee Free Choice Act takes away workers rights to a secret vote (it does not, as I have noted here: Employees have the right to request a secret-ballot vote...
View ArticleCheers and Jeers (Focus On Maine Edition!)
From the Great State of OREGON (home of the Other Portland):Is this Bill in Portland Maine that I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee...But wait! NO! It’s not Bill in...
View ArticleME-Sen: Tom Allen invites you to join him for supper
From the Maine Democrats:Congressman Allen wants to hear what changes YOU want to see in this country, and he's going to buy you dinner to boot! He will be appearing throughout the state in a series of...
View ArticleVolunteer for Change (Maine Youth Pushes Pixels in the Service of Democracy)
(Cross-posted at Turn Maine Blue)All of us who work in organizing know how precious our grassroots volunteers are. Often we get discouraged by events on the national level, or just plain exhausted from...
View ArticleME SEN: George McGovern puts Tom Allen in a pickle
George McGovern is no right-wing puppet; in fact I consider him a founding father of the 'crash the gate' movement. Maine Congressman Tom Allen has tried to ride the coattails of the re-emergence of...
View ArticleBig Business Goes After Unions to Defeat Democrats
As we all know, this November brings major opportunities for Senate pick-ups. And if we get enough Democrats in the Senate, there's a lot of legislation we might be able to get passed that seemed like...
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The big picture and the big concern from Chuck Schumer
DSCC chair Chuck Schumer came by the Big Tent today, and among other things, he gave an update on competitive Senate races and overall strategy for November.He painted a highly optimistic picture of...
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ME-Sen: Sherrod Brown stumps for Tom Allen
Cross posted at Turn Maine BlueYesterday I found myself at the home of Patty Carton and John Newlin, hosts of the Yes We Can! Country Fair, in a rural area of Brunswick. Along with pony rides and horse...
View ArticleME-Sen: Still looking tough
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/8-10. Likely voters. MoE 4% (10/22/07 results)Collins (R) 57 (56) Allen (D) 38 (33)I polled this back in October of last year, and seeing the bleak numbers, moved on to...
View ArticleHelp Blue America Pick A Senate Candidate
A few weeks ago Blue America launched a competition among 9 of our progressive House candidates. It was far more successful than we had imagined when our PAC offered $5,000 as seed money to get the...
View ArticleCanvassing in Maine w/ Poll!
Hi. It's your old pal the Badger. Perhaps the greatest thing about DKOS is all the great reports from the ground. They give me a sense of what is really going on in different areas of this great...
View ArticleME-Sen: New DSCC ad hammers Susan Collins
I've written and talked about this story so many times that I'm amazed so many Mainers don't know about it (see here, here, and here).This ad will start the process:Let's hope that Mainers begin to ask...
View ArticleMy Mom Just Voted Absentee -- A Success Story
For those of you who are wondering if you are either preaching to the converted or just speaking into the wind when trying to convince others of the need to vote for Barack Obama for president or any...
View ArticleME-Sen: Planned Parenthood endorses Tom Allen
(Collins Watch contributed to this diary)Today it was announced that Planned Parenthood endorsed Tom Allen for Senate. From their press release:"We need a leader who will represent the interests of the...
View ArticleME-Sen: Planned Parenthood Dumps Collins, Endorses Allen
Over the years, Daily Kos has frequently called out issue groups for endorsing Republicans. These groups do that to show their bipartisanship, choosing Republicans who, despite casting the occasional...
View ArticleDemocrats poised to take 9 Senate seats (w/video)
Hardball did a special today on the close Senate races around the country. These races aren't over by any shot, but as of right now, the country is leaning blue. A 60 seat majority would be just what...
View ArticleME-Sen: Well, at least the presidential EVs are safe...
Research 2000 for Daily KOs. 10/14-15. Likely voters. MoE 4% (9/8-10 results)Collins (R) 53 (57) Allen (D) 40 (38) Allen has been making incremental gains throughout the year, but he's pretty much run...
View ArticleSusan Collins (R-ME) tells McCain to stop robo-calls
Via ABCWell, another relatively sane conservative trying to escape from the vortex of bigotry, fascism and pure lunacy that McCain-Palin have created. Embattled Republican Sen. Susan Collins is calling...
View ArticleState Report: Maine
Cross-posted on 21st Century Democrats blog.This is the third in the series of Grassroots Reports we are providing over the final few weeks of the campaign to let you know what 21st Century Democrats...
View ArticleWhat would Margaret Chase Smith say about Michelle Bachmann?
Cross posted at Turn Maine BlueOn today's Democracy Now!, John Nichols makes this interesting observation about comments made by Rep. Michelle Bachmann (MN-6) - I assume that most of you are familiar...
View ArticleA Republican offers the most solid case for Tom Allen
You might be as surprised as I was to have found, on the pages of Turn Maine Blue, the most compelling case for why one should vote for Tom Allen that I've ever seen - and it was written by a...
View ArticleSNAP PAC: A Lot of Bang for Your Donated Buck
I first donated money to a campaign in the 2006 elections. In 2008, I found myself willing to donate more, and I even held a small fund raiser at my home for the Democratic candidate for Congress in...
View ArticleThe Care, Feeding, and Reproduction of the American Election, part 14
I may put the last two bits of this in as one diary on Friday. Thoughts?Anyway, enjoy!
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