By Ed Rogers Special To The Washington Post What President Donald Trump said about how he would have run into the Parkland, Florida, high school is wrong on so many levels. It is offensive and even grotesque. Right? Of course. It was wildly egotistical, self-serving and inconsistent with what we know about Trump’s general approach […]
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Standing up to President Trump
During my lifetime, the president has been the leader of the United States and also considered to be the leader of the free world. When America signed a treaty or gave its word, leaders of other countries knew America would honor them. This nation has lost that leadership role since January 2017. President Donald Trump […]
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Have Democrats overplayed their Trump hand?
It turns out that, with apologies to Nancy Pelosi, Republicans really did have to pass the tax bill so people could find out what’s in it. The GOP has made gains on the generic congressional ballot in recent weeks, with warmer feelings about the tax plan contributing to the upward trend. The improving numbers at […]
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Maine Examiner shows Jason Savage’s interest in news
AUGUSTA — For $74 and some off-the-clock sweat, Republican Party Executive Director Jason Savage says he created and ran a once-secretive online newspaper that did not have ties to the state GOP. The party itself told the Maine Ethics Commission it did not know anything about who operated Savage’s Maine Examiner until Democrats filed a […]
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Support for non-Trumpian candidates
Fifty years ago, I first attended the Lewiston Republican Caucus. I have now been a member of the Lewiston and Androscoggin Republican Committees for 50 years, and have attended each biennial state convention during that time. I have worked on behalf of the party and its candidates at the local, county, district and state levels, […]
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GOP leader Jason Savage says controversial website is his, but denies ties to party
AUGUSTA — The executive director of the Maine Republican Party, Jason Savage, admitted to a state ethics panel that he is the owner and operator of the secretive Maine Examiner website that published leaked emails from unsuccessful Lewiston mayoral candidate Ben Chin’s campaign. Savage’s attorneys said the GOP official runs the site “in his free […]
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Garrett Mason first to qualify for Clean Election funding
AUGUSTA — Proving he has a fair amount of grassroots support for his gubernatorial bid, Sen. Garrett Mason became the first candidate seeking the state’s top job to submit enough signatures to qualify for Maine Clean Election funding. The Lisbon Republican on Wednesday submitted the names of more than 3,200 Mainers who donated $5 to […]
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GOP women frustrated by Trump's approach to abuse charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump White House’s handling of abuse charges against men in its midst is frustrating prominent Republican women as the party’s yearslong struggle to attract female voters stretches into the 2018 midterm elections. “It’s the mixed signals. They’ve just got to be stronger, more consistent, clearer in the message” to women, Sen. […]
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Democracy demands compromise
I read with great interest Thomas Shields letter (Feb. 8): “Democrats being obstructionist.” As I have in the past, I would remind Shields of the following: • After Barack Obama was elected president, Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, stated that the only thing the Republicans would work on was to ensure that Obama didn’t serve a second […]
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Maine Democrats and Republicans split over bill to trim minimum wage increase
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee divided along partisan lines Thursday over a Republican proposal that would scale back future minimum-wage increases in Maine while creating a lower wage for younger workers. In November 2016, Maine voters approved a ballot initiative that increased the state’s minimum wage from $7.50 to $9 an hour, with additional $1-an-hour […]