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Maine News by Daniel Trudeau

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 16:36

State GOP questions Obama's leadership

By Daniel Trudeau

As Democrats are gathering in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, Republicans in Maine are saying they're skeptical of the man the Democrats are expected to name their presidential nominee.

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Mon, 08/25/2008 - 13:44

Saviello to chair Maine 'Citizens for McCain'

By Daniel Trudeau

State Rep. Tom Saviello (I-Wilton) will chair the Maine state branch of "Citizens for McCain," a group formed to draw independents and Democrats to Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, the campaign announced Monday.

Saviello is a former Democrat first elected to the state House of Representatives in 2002. He left the Democratic party in 2005.

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Fri, 07/18/2008 - 15:02

Rasmussen: McCain closes gap in Maine

By Daniel Trudeau

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain closed the gap in Maine on his presumptive Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, according to a Rasmussen poll released Friday.

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Fri, 07/18/2008 - 14:28

Poll: Senate race holds steady

By Daniel Trudeau

[img_assist|nid=1994|title=U.S. Sen. Susan Collins|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=left|width=185|height=263] A Rasmussen poll released Friday shows U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor) maintaining her lead over U.S. Rep. Tom Allen (D-Portland) with little change over the last month in voter sentiment about the U.S. Senate race.

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Wed, 07/09/2008 - 16:51

Maine GOP: MoveOn should protest Obama

By Daniel Trudeau

[img_assist|nid=1933|title=U.S. Sen. John McCain|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=300]The Maine Republican Party issued a statement Wednesday dismissing a protest staged outside a Portland gas station by the liberal political organization, MoveOn.

MoveOn was scheduled to launch the protest as part of its "National Day of Action for an Oil Free President," an attempt at discrediting the energy record of presumptive Republican presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

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Wed, 07/02/2008 - 16:00

CQ tackles Collins-Allen race in profile

By Daniel Trudeau

[img_assist|nid=1904|title=U.S. Sen. Susan Collins|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=255]Congressional Quarterly ran a story Tuesday on the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Tom Allen and Republican incumbent Susan Collins.

The article attempted to measure Collins' vulnerability in a race that she has led from the onset.

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Wed, 07/02/2008 - 15:29

Allen calls on oil companies to get drilling

By Daniel Trudeau

[img_assist|nid=1896|title=U.S. Rep. Tom Allen|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=160|height=203]U.S. Rep. Tom Allen (D-Portland) proposed a new energy plan on Wednesday, calling on oil companies to start drilling on the untapped land they hold under lease.

Allen, who is seeking the U.S. Senate seat of Susan Collins (R-Bangor), outlined his plan at a press conference at a private residence in Bangor.

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