UPDATE: King switches support to Michaud PORTLAND — Less than a week before Election Day, independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler told his supporters Wednesday morning that if they don’t think he can win the race for governor, they should vote their conscience. Cutler, who has trailed in the polls for months to Republican Gov. Paul […]
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T. Hayes: Vote for the best qualified
Eliot Cutler will not drop out. The shrill political parties don’t own democracy, the voters do. Maine voters will decide this race. Those who voted for Cutler in 2010 did not elect LePage; those who voted for Libby Mitchell did. Cutler came within 1.7 percent of beating LePage. If independent Sean Moody had “dropped out,” […]
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C. Gianopoulos: A vote for the future of Maine
I am voting for Eliot Cutler for governor. He understands it is important to protect all that makes Maine unique, and that difficult changes are necessary to get out of this perennial “back of the pack” economic situation. He does not have to answer to the entrenched interest groups in both political parties who like […]
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S. Morrison: He brings me hope
I voted for Eliot Cutler in 2010 and I am voting for him again this year. In 2010, he exposed me to politics and I found a hidden interest in myself. I was in college and decided to also major in political science as well as education. I am 24 now and work in a […]
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L. Catlett: Deserves the public’s support
I worked as a physician in the worker’s compensation system before and after its reform. Pre-reform, providers’ hands were often tied, businesses floundered or left and, worst of all, patients suffered, failing to respond to treatment in the hostile environment. They ultimately became the losers. The reforms currently in place are functioning to all parties’ […]
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Cutler asks Michaud to drop out, but new poll suggests no surge for independent
AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler has challenged Democratic nominee Mike Michaud to release his voters to Cutler prior to Election Day if Michaud does not think he can beat Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The Michaud campaign reacted incredulously to the challenge and said it’s Cutler — who has consistently polled 20 points […]
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D. Born: The choice is clear
Under no realistic set of circumstances will Eliot Cutler win the November election. He continues to trail badly in polls; his personal arrogance and conspicuous four-year absence from public debate will never endear him to any voter already committed to the other candidates. His conceit will not allow him to drop out of the governor’s […]
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55% school funding by state may never happen
AUGUSTA — Maine’s inability to meet its voter-mandated funding obligations for public education was among the most-discussed topics during the five gubernatorial debates, which concluded this week. Two candidates — independent Eliot Cutler and Democrat Mike Michaud — have pledged to find a way to meet the state’s statutory requirement to fund 55 percent of […]
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B. Underwood: A solution to a dilemma
As far as I can tell, everybody is tired of the party line tit-for-tat, as well as the party-line voting by members of the Maine House and Senate. The solution to the dilemma, as I see it, is to elect an independent candidate. That way, elected officials can finally work together and not feel obligated […]
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G. Goodrow: He has a plan
I watched the debate Oct. 15 between the three candidates for governor. I hope all Mainers are as tired of cookie cutter politicians as I am. Paul LePage and Mike Michaud spent the majority of the debate trying to lay blame on each other or to point out each other’s flaws. If either of those […]