May 2013

• For it, now against it
• Morning Briefing: E-veto, taxing carve-outs, powdered GMO & maniacal laugh
• Maine Morning Briefing 5.10.13: Tax reform, Michaud's party junk food & bad bands
• Morning Briefing: Dem demands, GMO limbo, taxes & take a powder!

April 2013

• Eves on LePage's unemployment panel: 'We don't need a cover-up committee'
• Morning Briefing: Heavy hitters on GMO, emergency shield & brass knuckles
• Talking Politics 4.22.13: Maine's unemployment appeals
• Maine Morning Briefing 4.10.13: Rollback, alewives, booze & Hans Blix
• LePage signs 10 more bills into law
• Maine Morning Briefing: Tanning tax? Michaud on Medicaid, gun flood & Manny
• Morning Briefing: Medicaid, minimum wage, exploited cabbies and stolen cheese

March 2013

• Table for four: Gov. Paul LePage and the medical marijuana lobby
• LePage sends Twitter jollies ... from Jamaica
• Morning Briefing: Jamaica man, road show, Kwik kicks, and 'Bad' rides
• LePage discusses transportation bond, hospital debt and the 'people upstairs'
• Baldacci, Cutler tease gubernatorial runs in interviews
• Maine State House Briefing 3.13.13: Cutler as Alderaan, Woods channels 'Blade Runner' & bread cheese
• Maine Morning Briefing 3.12.13: Public records, low grades & Google goggles
• Maine Morning Briefing 3.7.13: DGA warns Cutler, real sunshine and McKane redux
• Maine Morning Briefing: Veto spree, enhanced interrogation, Agenda 21
• More on Maine's sunshine law and fanning rumor

February 2013

• Maine Morning Briefing: Government shutdown, LePage the Alamo and The Whistler
• Republican operative launches Maine consulting firm
• Morning Briefing 2.20.13: Raging against Dems, quiet NRA & rising Cain
• Talking Politics: Guns, shielding information and taxes
• Morning Briefing from Augusta
• Chatting politics
• Morning Briefing 2.12.13
• Morning Briefing 2.11.13
• Morning Briefing 2.7.13
• Morning Briefing 2.5.13
• Morning Briefing 2.4.13

January 2013

• Morning Briefing 1.28.13
• Morning Briefing 1.24.13
• Morning Briefing 1.23.13
• Morning Briefing 1.22.13
• Independents recall rocky meeting with LePage
• Morning Briefing 1.21.13
• Morning Briefing 1.15.13
• Morning Briefing 1.14.13
• Morning Briefing 1.11.13
• Morning Briefing 1.10.13
• Morning Briefing 1.9.13
• Morning Briefing 1.8.13
• Morning Briefing 1.7.13
• Governor LePage touts tax cuts on YouTube

December 2012

• King to announce Maine team Saturday
• Wyatt Earp and Columbine
• Bangor area rep posts he's put in bill to allow guns to Maine schools
• Legislative leaders announce committee assignments
• Talking politics 12.10.12
• Aetna, Wal-Mart hold fundraiser for LePage
• Senate Republicans will challenge Alfond for presidency
• LePage cancels meeting with Democratic leaders
• Talking politics 12.2.12

More

November 2012

• Talking politics 11.26.12
• Incoming Maine Democratic House Speaker talks nomination, policy
• Nutting angles for Republican House minority leader
• Two hard-hitting mailers in District 11 Maine Senate race
• By the numbers: Third party spending on Maine legislative races
• Snowe, King to ride Downeaster

October 2012

• Snowe robo calls for Scarborough lawmaker
• Sensata: Maine's Bain connection
• Romney PAC ad begins airing in Maine
• Republican group dumps another $365k into Maine races
• OneMaine PAC bolsters Woodbury in senate District 11
• Brunswick bookstore owners stand by backing of Democratic candidate
• Indie author publishes supplement loaded with King critiques
• Romney super PAC wants to run ads in Maine's 2nd Congressional District
• Quimby hosts 'war on women' event for Dill
• Outside group spending in Maine state races surpasses $1.75 million
• Democratic ad stresses Maine's independence, slams Summers
• Canyon Lloyd 10.17.12
• Non-partisan group slams Republican PAC
• U.S. Chamber releases third ad against King
• LePage stumps for Cragg in Delaware
• Summers' sequestration talk doubles as fundraiser
• Colbert: Maine cannot elect 'orc assassin' to state senate
• Libertarian group gives LePage 'A' for tax cuts
• Talking politics 10.8.12
• Return of the RSLC: Group that dropped $400k in 2010 surfaces again
• Americans Elect to run ads supporting Angus King
• World of Warcraft reacts to Republican mailer against senate candidate
• Republican PAC dumps $72k into state Senate race
• Summers heads to D.C. for fundraiser
• Dems trumpet Democratic candidate's independence

September 2012

• Maine Republican Party mailer targets, touts Dill
• Summers releases second TV ad
• Boston Globe: Republican ads in Maine distort truth
• Talking politics on WGAN
• Collins stumps for McMahon, former CEO of wrestling league
• NRSC ad takes new tack on King's wind career
• Chamber ads rip King's independence, touts Lingle's
• King's wife to supporters: Republicans trying to buy election
• Will Democrats rescue slipping King?
• Conservation group names Scarborough lawmaker to "Dirty Dozen"
• Are more King attacks result of Warren's gains in Mass.?
• King vs. Republican tracker
• Maine 'very good' explaining ballot initiatives
• King snags Sierra Club backing
• Dill rips GOP 'charlatans' claiming to speak for her
• Farnham releases web ad for Senate District 32
• Courtney unveils first TV ad
• Maine U.S. Senate race getting more national attention
• Talking politics on WGAN 9.10.12
• King camp: GoogleEarth use legal
• Dill takes message "Up"
• Obama to stump in Portsmouth, N.H.
• Rove to Snowe donors: Get your money back, send it to Summers

August 2012

• Talking delegates, elections and local politics on WGAN
• GOP state Senate candidate tours district by land, sea and air
• Nurses, state employees union endorse Dill
• King, Bowles to discuss debt crisis
• POLITICO: National small business group to boost Raye
• Are Summers' allies pumping up Dill?
• Maine Republican delegates doubt integrity of challenge process
• Silver: King could nullify GOP advantage in Senate
• Summers: I support Ryan plan "minus Medicare cuts"
• Political implications of East-West highway hiccup?
• RNC rules against Paul supporters in Louisiana
• Report: LePage won't go to GOP convention if delegation isn't seated
• Dill lauds Democratic Party embrace of same-sex marriage
• Libertarian presidential candidate qualifies for Maine ballot
• GOP senate election committee chairman won't 'hold breath' for King
• National GOP goes after Michaud
• Maine Democratic Party ad targets 5 GOP state senators

July 2012

• Dill camp adds to media team
• POLITICO presses Snowe on rift with Summers
• Maine's Ron Paul delegates challenged?
• Chamber ad buy against King hits $400k
• Maine Small Biz coalition condemns King attack ad by US Chamber
• National LGBT activist makes $100k pledge to Maine same-sex marriage effort
• Billionaire GOP backer steps into Maine marriage equality fray
• Dill sour over slight by national Democrats
• The Nation takes Snowe, Collins to task on DISCLOSE votes
• Democratic power lobbyists to host King fundraiser
• Former Maine lawmaker named to Romney's VP staff
• Construction, trucking companies bolstering LePage re-election bid
• Raye's camp says 'Young gun' status, poll indicate he's closing gap on Michaud
• Christian Civic League backs Wheaton in Senate District 21
• Head of IRS union demands apology from LePage
• Summers camp: "We're in the game"
• Bloomberg: LePage will have tough time saying no to Medicaid expansion
• Horch wins Green caucus, makes District 66 run official
• Falmouth GOP picks Jones for District 112
• Brunswick Democrats set date to pick Cornell du Houx's replacement
• Maine TV stations exempted from web posting political ad buys

June 2012

• Dutson moving to Summers campaign
• Portland Greens caucus for District 120 replacement candidate
• Cornell du Houx tells constituents controversy 'sensationalized'
• LePage invitation causes stir in Green Mountain state
• Collins on Twitter: "Not a fan" of Bernie Sanders
• Green candidate hopes to challenge Cornell du Houx
• Report: King tells D.C. lobbyists not to give if seeking caucus committment
• Post-primary chat with MPBN
• DSCC chair mum on Dill backing
• Intrigue, controversy in legislative primary races
• Clinton to host engagement party for Collins
• What's up with Buzz Bissinger and Bruce Poliquin?
• Track the deleted tweets of Maine's congressional delegation

May 2012

• GOP senate candidate Schneider to discuss 'future' at Portland presser
• Michaud on list of congressman leasing cars
• Richardson snags RLC endorsement
• LePage rift with public employees union gets national attention
• The Brief 5.16.12
• Wither Americans Elect?
• King: I'll challenge pressure to pick caucus for committee assignment
• Tensions rise at Maine GOP convention
• Romney top lawyer working Maine GOP convention
• List of at-large national convention delegates
• Selected tweets from Maine GOP state convention
• Maine GOP Convention notes
• King statement on Cornell du Houx-Herbig
• Paul supporters geared up for GOP convention
• Maine GOP chair wary of convention 'takeover'
• GOP Senate candidates discuss hyper-partisanship
• Angus King to talk turkey at Chick-fil-A event
• Schumer: Maine U.S. Senate seat 'ours'
• Angus King announces party chairs
• Stephen King lets it fly in tax screed

April 2012

• Maine Aggregate Association meets with LePage, shuts out press