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« on: May 07, 2012, 04:37:12 pm »
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Almost certainly an I/D IMO.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/us/politics/senate-control-could-hinge-on-angus-king-of-maine.html?ref=politics&pagewanted=all
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Quote from: Peternerdman on December 31, 2012, 03:34:54 pm
Never thought I'd say this, but I'm praying for another black-yellow majority, and for the SPD to get shattered.  It's exactly what it deserves.
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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 09:03:39 am »
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He's leading in the polls, isn't he?
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 12:17:12 pm »
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Quote from: 20RP12 on May 08, 2012, 09:03:39 am
He's leading in the polls, isn't he?

Yes; I think he had an outright majority in one poll.
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« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm »
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Is there any reason to believe he might not caucus with the Democrats?
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 03:28:43 pm »
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Quote from: shua, gm on May 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm
Is there any reason to believe he might not caucus with the Democrats?

No.
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Quote from: Peternerdman on December 31, 2012, 03:34:54 pm
Never thought I'd say this, but I'm praying for another black-yellow majority, and for the SPD to get shattered.  It's exactly what it deserves.
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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 08:14:21 pm »
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Quote from: Frontline: Wisconsin on May 08, 2012, 03:28:43 pm
Quote from: shua, gm on May 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm
Is there any reason to believe he might not caucus with the Democrats?

No.

Why not? He's center right. I think he'll caucus as a Republican.
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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2012, 08:16:38 pm »
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Quote from: 20RP12 on May 08, 2012, 08:14:21 pm
Quote from: Frontline: Wisconsin on May 08, 2012, 03:28:43 pm
Quote from: shua, gm on May 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm
Is there any reason to believe he might not caucus with the Democrats?

No.

Why not? He's center right. I think he'll caucus as a Republican.

Most center-right people reside in the Democratic Party nowadays.
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 08:22:14 pm »
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Quote from: JGL on May 08, 2012, 08:16:38 pm
Quote from: 20RP12 on May 08, 2012, 08:14:21 pm
Quote from: Frontline: Wisconsin on May 08, 2012, 03:28:43 pm
Quote from: shua, gm on May 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm
Is there any reason to believe he might not caucus with the Democrats?

No.

Why not? He's center right. I think he'll caucus as a Republican.

Most center-right people reside in the Democratic Party nowadays.

Touche...
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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2012, 09:11:57 pm »
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(From the Huffington Post) "Maine's former two-term governor, running as an independent to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, calls the GOP budget plan "a disaster" and the party's position on women's health "a mistake. He's also supporting President Barack Obama's re-election." I can't see someone like that caucusing with the Republicans. He'll probably refuse to announce who he'll caucus with until after November, but that's just to play to Maine's independent spirit. Whenever King ran for office, he always drew more support from the left than the right, and his social views (and even most of his fiscal views) put him well outside the Republican party. Ontheissues.org rates Angus King as a "Moderate Libertarian Liberal", which places him to the left of many current democratic senators.
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 03:50:22 am »
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Quote from: Immeasurable Amounts Of Blood On The Walls on May 08, 2012, 08:14:21 pm
Quote from: Frontline: Wisconsin on May 08, 2012, 03:28:43 pm
Quote from: shua, gm on May 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm
Is there any reason to believe he might not caucus with the Democrats?

No.

Why not? He's center right. I think he'll caucus as a Republican.

Angus King would have been a terrific Republican politician...a decade or more ago. Now we've reached a point where people like Dick Lugar and Robert Foster Bennett are considered too liberal for that party.
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 05:16:11 am »
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Quote from: independentTX on May 09, 2012, 03:50:22 am
Quote from: Immeasurable Amounts Of Blood On The Walls on May 08, 2012, 08:14:21 pm
Quote from: Frontline: Wisconsin on May 08, 2012, 03:28:43 pm
Quote from: shua, gm on May 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm
Is there any reason to believe he might not caucus with the Democrats?

No.

Why not? He's center right. I think he'll caucus as a Republican.

Angus King would have been a terrific Republican politician...a decade or more ago. Now we've reached a point where people like Dick Lugar and Robert Foster Bennett are considered too liberal for that party.

Good point.
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