Koch Bros. Stooge throws former puppet LePage under the bus - lol

[jpak]

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/11/11/opinion/republicans-need-to-distance-themselves-from-lepage/

By Lance Dutson, Special to the BDN
Posted Nov. 11, 2015, at 6:39 a.m.

Republicans need to distance themselves from LePage

Paul LePage is the most unpopular political figure in Maine. Nearly 70 percent of the Maine people don’t approve of the job he is doing. And as the dust settles on the 2015 election, the evidence is clear that the governor and his angry style of politics are liabilities for Maine Republicans.

LePage’s negative impact can be seen in the sharp contrast between two different sets of races: the legislative special elections in Sanford and Standish and the statewide Clean Elections referendum.

In Tuesday’s special elections, Republicans gained ground in the House by capturing two Democrat-held seats. LePage did not engage in these races.

These were issues-based, positive campaigns that steered clear of the divisive rhetoric the governor has become known for. LePage did not campaign for these candidates, and in fact, two independent-minded Republicans — former Republican Party Chair Charlie Webster and GOP state Sen. David Woodsome, R-North Waterboro — are being credited with providing the senior-level support that helped win these races. Both Webster and Woodsome have openly challenged LePage in the past, a fact that clearly did not affect their ability to get candidates elected.

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Dutson was head of the Koch-funded Maine Heritage Policy Center that helped get LePage elected and was on LePage's transition team.

LePage is toast...

yup

[Cleita]

1. Something fishy keeps popping up.

It seems a lot of these Republican governors that are screwing with the country turn up to have been elected on somewhat suspicious ballots. It seems that many of the ballots have turned up with citizens voting a straight Democratic ticket on all candidates except the governor. I think we need some kind of non-partisan investigations into this especially the states that are still using electronic voting machines.

[jpak]

2. Bur...but....Maine's GOP Chair Charlie Webster told us that busloads of out-of-state black people

gave Obama his victories in Maine!!!!1111