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FLORIDA: FreedomWorks is endorsing Connie Mack (R).
MAINE: “Angus King is running for the Senate on a campaign pledge to tell voters how he will vote right after they elect him in November,” USA Today’s Davis writes. The independent candidate, a popular former governor, is the front-runner in the open race for the seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe. He is running a campaign on a platform of changing Congress and resisting partisanship, which is complicated by the fact that senators must align with a party to receive committee assignments and determine control of the chamber. King won't say before Election Day whether he will align himself with Republicans or Democrats if he wins. ‘I don't answer that question because I don't know,’ King told USA TODAY in an interview.”
A new poll has King up 50-23% over Secretary of State Charlie Summers (R). State Sen. Cynthia Dill (D) gets 9%.
NEVADA: Dean Heller’s up with his first ad. And again… it’s anti-Washington and anti-Congress. He says if Congress doesn’t pass a budget, members shouldn’t get paid.
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Given that most members of Congress are some of the wealthiest people in the US, Heller's idea is a pretty empty threat. If you want pressure, cut off the free postage, shut off their web sites, and cut off their twitter accounts. That will bring them to the table.
I have some background on the Maine Senate race. (Just what I read in the papers.)
When Olympia Snowe was still in the race, she went around asking Republican leaders for an endorsement. One of the people who turned her down, because the Tea Party was so anti-Snowe, was Charlie Summers, who used to work in her office, no less. Summers went on to win the nomination, after Snowe dropped out, but sources say he may not get the financial assistance from Snowe he would have, if he'd endorsed her. She has other plans for her war chest.
What I think is interesting is, the two candidates with the closest ties to rightwinger Gov. LePage, one of whom ran expensive, slick ads before the primary trumpeting his association to the Tea Party Gov, lost big time in the primary.
King's treatment of windpower opponents in Maine is a "tell" for how he treats those who disagree with him.
Did he put them through a wood chipper?
‘I don't answer that question because I don't know,’ King told USA TODAY in an interview.”
Will the voters of Maine let him get away with that? King is a liberal Democrat , but is hiding it. Also known as lying.
You can tell because Dimocratic paid poodle Amy speaks so kindly of his alleged "independence".Can't have it both ways, King!
By election day, his phony spiel will wear on Maine voters.
Angus was a pretty popular Governor. It's funny though, I have'nt seen any political signs anyplace along the roads for him. Only thing I've seen was 1 bumper sticker that simply said "ANGUS", but even that may have been from previous governor campaigns. Snowe and Collins were always able to get a lot of pork for Maine, so I'm sure she'll be missed. In 2 years you can expect the Trash Everything American party will push Collins out.