It's official: New Jersey, Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin are all stupid

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23. 62% of Maine's voters voted *against* Gov. 38% LePage

That the democratic vote was split between the official dem candidate with 20% and the former dem turned indie candidate with 37% was due less to Maine's stupidity than Maine not totally buying into official, pre-selected candidates.

It was a 5 or 6-way race, with the dem turned Indie Elliot Cutler collecting 37% to LePage's 38%. If just a small percentage of the die-hard Dems had noticed that their candidate was stuck at 20% in the final weeks had no chance and chosen to vote for the dem turned indie, we would not have LePage.

So call that election a wake-up call and lesson learned. When Olympia's seat opened up and well-liked dem-leaning independent Angus King decided to run, the dem party's top-tier prospects decided not to run. The Senate got another independent that caucuses with the dems *and* we kept Pingree in the house, so good deal all around.

I read last week that Cutler may run again.