Maine’s messy GOP convention hurts Senate hopefuls

[Maine-ah]

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s messy GOP convention denied much-needed exposure for six Senate candidates who are hoping to break away from the pack, and the party’s deep divisions that were on display could play into independent Senate candidate Angus King’s complaint that the major parties are broken.

The GOP convention was commandeered by Ron Paul activists whose battle with Mitt Romney supporters took up the time allotted for the Senate candidates.

Denied a spot at the podium, Senate hopefuls who’d refined their 20-minute speeches and created video presentations were relegated to speaking to small groups of supporters in empty meeting rooms or in stairwells Sunday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Candidate Scott D’Amboise, who ended up standing on a chair to address 100 supporters, said all the candidates were frustrated.

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/07/politics/maines-messy-gop-convention-hurts-senate-hopefuls/

[tanyev]

1. “If you’re looking at this from the outside,

it just gives you the impression that the Republican Party in Maine is a mess,” Brewer said.


Oh, I bet that impression is given no matter where or how you are looking at it.