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May 14, 2008
Pro-life, pro-business groups endorse

Two more endorsements in the 1st Congressional District race...

* Democrat Adam Cote has been endorsed by a pro-business group, the Business-Industry Political Action Committee. BIPAC, based in Washington, favors tax cuts, tort reform, and investment in the nation's transportation infrastructure, among other policies, according to its Web site.

"Adam Cote will work to promote sound business policies, Gregory Casey, BIPAC's president and CEO, said in a written statement. "He is the clear choice in a hotly contested Democratic primary, particularly when it comes to prosperity issues."

* Republican Dean Scontras was endorsed by the National Right To Life Political Action Committee. Among the six Democrats and two Republicans running in the 1st Congressional District, Scontras is the only pro-life candidate.

"We look forward to working with you in Congress to restore legal protection for innocent life," National Right to Life Executive Director David O'Steen was quoted in a press release as saying to Scontras.

Posted at 03:39 PM

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BIPAC? Look them up online: opposed to the minimum wage and normally endorsing conservative Republicans. Does Adam Cote know he's running in the DEMOCRATIC primary?

Posted by Skip
May 15, 2008 08:38 AM

Yeah, tax cuts and tort reform aren't exactly core Democratic ideas....

Posted by Dave
May 15, 2008 12:32 PM

I'm concerned that the big issue for Scontras is pro-life. What happened to the Republican goal of staying out of our personal lives? The more important litmus test should be FISCAL conservatism, which neither party has demonstrated in recent years.

Posted by Paul H
May 16, 2008 08:37 AM

Prosperity is not a partisan issue and those making it so only fuel public angst about politics. We promote jobs and prosperity and the issue positions and candidates that preserve them.

Posted by Greg Casey
May 16, 2008 02:28 PM

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Prior to joining Portland Press Herald-Maine Sunday Telegram, Jonathan Kaplan was a senior staff writer at The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., where he covered the House Democrats, the 2006 election, business and lobbying and the House Republicans. He has worked at The American Lawyer magazine and as a freelance journalist in Washington and New York primarily writing about endurance and adventure sports. He's reported twice from Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Kaplan received his B.A. in government from Colby College and his M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago.

Kevin Wack has been at the Press Herald since 2004, most recently as its investigative reporter. He will be covering this year's First District Congressional race in the newspaper and on this blog. Wack is a graduate of Stanford University and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He's previously worked for the Associated Press.



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