Ethan: As I am sure you saw, a very interesting poll was released this week. It has Gov. Paul LePage widening his lead over the field for governor. It puts President Barack Obama’s approval rating below 50 percent. It shows … Continue reading
Nineteen months before Election Day, 2014, it appears that election season is back in full swing. In what appears to this political analyst to be an unprecedented move in Maine politics, Gov. Paul LePage’s political arm, Maine People Before Politics, … Continue reading
Ethan: Ever since Gov. Paul LePage donned a blue tie in his State of the State address as a gesture of goodwill toward Democrats, he seems to have developed a big government streak with all this new borrowing for roads, … Continue reading
Political analysts Phil Harrimn and Ethan Strimling debate the latest on Harry Reid’s decision to take the assault weapons ban out of the gun safety bill. What role did Senator King play in its demise, and is there hope that … Continue reading
Phil: So, last week, there I was at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland introducing Gov. Paul LePage to a packed house at a fundraiser for the Boy Scouts, and you barged in and interrupted my heart-warming tribute. … Continue reading
In the past month, Gov. Paul LePage has hinted he may be willing to allow the state budget to grow by $300 million a year to expand health care to 55,000 more people, has proposed $100 million in new state government borrowing on roads … Continue reading
A senator from Aroostook County is pushing to cut Governor Paul LePage’s pension, if the Governor doesn’t win re-election. Current law dictates that even if a governor serves just one day in office and then resigns, he or she could … Continue reading
Ethan: So, it looks like my friends in the State Senate have put a plan on the table to pay back the hospitals without taking out any debt. Do you think these financially strapped medical institutions will finally have enough … Continue reading
This week, democrats in the Legislature unveiled their own plan to pay the MaineCare debt to the State’s hospitals on the same day Gov. Paul LePage brought his plan before a committee. Both plans would give hospitals the $185,000,000 they’re … Continue reading
Phil: What’s in the air in Augusta these days? Seems a little tense. Ethan: You referring to my Democrats vaporizing former Rep. Jonathan McKane’s nomination to the Dirigo Health board? Phil: Indeed. But not just your party. Democrats did that … Continue reading
