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Maine: Michael Steele

March 3, 2009 - 11:36 am
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

Open Thread

By Gerald Weinand

Good afternoon.

If you haven't been following how Rush Limbaugh has ripped control of the Republican Party from newly elected head Michael Steele, you need to. And this after a campaign to be head the GOP that featured racist songs and other tactics.

Al Diamon has this interesting piece on the efforts by Alliance for Maine's Future (a moderate GOP pro business group) to elect more centrist Democrats to the State Legislature.

And this ad by the SEIU is just so good:

An open thread.

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March 3, 2009 - 08:31 am
NEWS FEED: MainePolitics.net

Maine GOP Chair Weighs in On Steele, Limbaugh

By Mike

Charlie Webster, the new chair of the Maine Republican party was quoted in an NPR piece yesterday on the Steele-Limbaugh brouhaha over who is the leader of the Republican Party. Webster praised Steele, but also defended the independence of Maine's Republican senators.

Charles Webster, chairman of the Republican Party in Maine, is a fan of both Steele and Limbaugh.

"Steele is an impressive guy," says Webster, who reported that there was a "mini revolution" among state party members when they learned that their three RNC members did not plan to vote for Steele for party chair.

"There was huge support for him up here," he said.

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February 26, 2009 - 08:02 pm
NEWS FEED: MainePolitics.net

Snowe Confronts RNC Chair Over Primary Threat

By Mike

Via TPMDC:

Michael Steele's back-and-forth flirtation with possible primary challenges to the party's pro-stimulus Republicans is now causing him to catch some real flak[...]

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), a pro-stimulus Republican who will be up for re-election in 2012, told Roll Call that she approached Steele about his comments and asked him bluntly: "You didn't really mean that, did you?" She said that Steele has agreed to set up a meeting with the three pro-stimulus GOPers to discuss this.

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February 20, 2009 - 12:50 pm
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

More GOP hogwash about unions

By Gerald Weinand

There is more anti-union hogwash from Republicans, and this time it's Michael Steele, chair of the RNC that gets into the act. From the RNC's website:
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele today released the following statement concerning the executive order quietly signed by President Barack Obama on Friday ordering the use of union labor for federal construction projects:

"President Obama's executive order will drive up the cost of government at a time when we should be doing everything possible to save taxpayer dollars. Federal contracts should go to the businesses that can offer taxpayers the best value - not just the unions who supported the Democrats' campaigns last year.

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