The Tipping Point Blog Archive April, 2012

Maine GOP Senate Campaign Begins in Earnest

Submitted by Mike Tipping on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 9:32am.

Maine Politics

Presque Isle Republican U.S. Senate forum - from Maine GOP

In the last few days we’ve seen the first debate, the first fundraising numbers, the first poll and the first television ad of the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate. What started as a scramble to get on the ballot after Senator Olympia Snowe announced she would not contest the 2012 election now becomes a scramble to quickly get attention and votes in the crowded field before the June primary.

LePage's Words Went Down the Memory Hole

Submitted by Mike Tipping on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 9:15am.

Maine Politics

Today in The Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal, I gave over most of my column to the words of Paul LePage as he dug himself in deep on the issues of who knew what and when at DHHS. The conspiracy theory LePage spins is interesting, to say the least.

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