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Maine: Daily Kos

May 18, 2009 - 07:04 am
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

Open Thread

By Gerald Weinand

Good morning.

This might be optimistic, but the Hill has this analysis that the Pelosi CIA flap may lead to a truth commission on torture:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's fight with the CIA has put her in one of the toughest spots she's been in since she became speaker.

But it may also have advanced her goal of creating a "truth commission" to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation techniques and whether they amounted to illegal torture.

If nothing else, Pelosi's hard-to-prove assertion that the CIA lied to her in a briefing has renewed interest among Republicans and Democrats in what the Bush administration was doing with detainees six years ago and what it told Congress and other officials.

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February 15, 2009 - 07:48 am
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

Open Thread

By Gerald Weinand

Good morning.

Frank Rich, in this piece in yesterday's NYTimes, explains how the main stream media, and by extrapolation the Republican Party, continues to be so out of step with the American people, listening to their own echo chamber.

Very high speed passenger rail enthusiasts will like this diary by BruceMcF at Daily Kos from last December - he knows his stuff, and it is aways a learning experience to read it.

For most of America, there is a much easier path ahead for High Speed Rail. We can put in place a network of Rapid Rail passenger systems, to provide a platform to build on.

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February 13, 2009 - 07:06 am
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

Open Thread

By Gerald Weinand

Good morning.

dengre at Daily Kos has this interesting and lengthy piece about Sen. Judd Gregg and his ties to Jack Abramoff, and how this may be the reason for his withdrawing his nomination and hes announced retirement from the Senate in 2010.

And you'll find this piece about Gov. Baldacci's plans to provide transparency to the stimulus monies that come Maine's way.

An open thread.

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February 5, 2009 - 10:31 am
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

Open Thread

By Gerald Weinand

Good morning.

Not much today. Over to Daily Kos I posted this diary that transcribes the projects built by the public works programs of the New Deal. Chekc it out - it is astonishing to actually see them listed.

Also, Sen. Collins appeared before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on Monday, and you can find her remarks here (pdf warning). She begins, and this isn't a joke:

Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission, I appreciate this opportunity to testify on an issue that has been a priority of mine as both Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

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Fri, 09/26/2008 - 07:22

As poll numbers drop, political experts predict tough road for Allen

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2767|title=U.S. Senate candidate Tom Allen|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=middle|width=420|height=281]UPDATED

At this point last year, the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Susan Collins (R-Bangor) and challenger U.S. Rep. Tom Allen (D-Portland) was predicted to be a race to watch, with pundits deeming it as a key pick-up opportunity for the Democrats.

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