ME-02: Poliquin in denial

[MAINEiac4434]

Bangor Daily News has endorsed St. Clair (eyes roll out of skull)

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Bangor Daily News has endorsed St. Clair (eyes roll out of skull)

Seems that BDN endorses more Establishment minded bois.

[Politician]

St. Clair looks like a complete hipster, not a good fit for the 2nd district at all.

[GoldenMainer]

Meanwhile, this was a letter to the editor in the Bangor Daily News yesterday.

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http://bangordailynews.com/2018/05/23/opinion/letters/thursday-may-24-2018-st-clair-is-poliquin-light-hills-for-house-district-97-herbig-for-maine-senate/

[MAINEiac4434]

Bangor Daily News has endorsed St. Clair (eyes roll out of skull)

Seems that BDN endorses more Establishment minded bois.

They endorsed Pat McGowan and Steve Abbott in the 2010 gubernatorial primaries, so at least they have a poor record of success.

[MAINEiac4434]

Jared Golden has recevied the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, undercutting St. Clair's "i'm more progressive" messaging.

[KingSweden]

Jared Golden has recevied the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, undercutting St. Clair's "i'm more progressive" messaging.

Nice

[MAINEiac4434]

Meanwhile, this was a letter to the editor in the Bangor Daily News yesterday.

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http://bangordailynews.com/2018/05/23/opinion/letters/thursday-may-24-2018-st-clair-is-poliquin-light-hills-for-house-district-97-herbig-for-maine-senate/

Another letter absolutely demolishing St. Clair in the BDN:

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http://bangordailynews.com/2018/05/28/opinion/letters/tuesday-may-29-2018-cote-is-maines-next-great-leader-reject-st-clair-for-congress-ranked-choice-promises-overblown/

Though I've seen more letters supporting him than opposing him, Golden's also received his fair share.

[BBD]

What do you think of the negative ads hammering St. Clair? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0yq9Bl0hy4

I hope Golden wins, but is there any backfire potential?

[GoldenMainer]

What do you think of the negative ads hammering St. Clair? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0yq9Bl0hy4

I hope Golden wins, but is there any backfire potential?

I think this was a lose-lose situation for Golden. If he doesn't respond to the dark money group pouring money into the district to boost St. Clair, he can't play on a level playing field and he gets railroaded. Because of this "Maine Outdoor Alliance", St. Clair doesn't have to spend as much time fundraising and can travel all over this district holding meet and greets- and it's a large rural district, so being able to go everywhere is a huge advantage. This group wasn't only running tv ads, it has been sending out tons of mailers for St. Clair as well.

If Golden does respond, he gets a bit of criticism for going negative on a competitor and St. Clair can get praised for running a positive campaign (gag me). There's been a bit of that but there has also been some people coming to Golden's defense. I have no idea how this one ends but I am proud of Golden for standing up for himself and calling bs on bs.

[KingSweden]

If St. Clair wins this primary, Maine Democrats should be a top contender for worst state party

[Politician]

If St. Clair wins this primary, Maine Democrats should be a top contender for worst state party

[ON Progressive]

If St. Clair wins this primary, Maine Democrats should be a top contender for worst state party

[MAINEiac4434]

The race is tilt St. Clair right now, imho. Today the progressive group Maine People’s Alliance endorses Golden. I feel like Golden is getting all these big guns behind him because this Primary is closer than it has any right to be.

[GoldenMainer]

The race is tilt St. Clair right now, imho.

I get that feeling as well. I felt Golden was sitting comfortably until the dark money stuff. He focused on it a bit too much instead of highlighting issues and what he accomplished in the Maine House. It's backfired on him a bit especially since St. Clair (Richie Rich) is now doing this passive aggressive "I'm remaining soooo positive" bit. I'm still rooting for Golden over Richie Rich but he really needs to finish this week out strong.

If there was ever a race for Our Revolution to tilt a race in their favor, it'd be this one. Golden has made labor/unions a huge part of his campaign and he supports Medicare for All. Of course they're out in left field though.

[Politician]

Tossup->Lean R

[Horsemask]

Democrats deserve to lose this if they don't nominate Golden.

Because they will lose if they nominate St. Clair.

[MAINEiac4434]

If Lucas St. Clair is the nominee, then the Maine Democratic Party should officially dissolve in the second district. There is absolutely no point to it existing as an organization if it runs such terrible candidates against one of the weakest members of the entire House of Representatives.

And people wonder why I changed to a maroon avi.

[KingSweden]

If Lucas St. Clair is the nominee, then the Maine Democratic Party should officially dissolve in the second district. There is absolutely no point to it existing as an organization if it runs such terrible candidates against one of the weakest members of the entire House of Representatives.

And people wonder why I changed to a maroon avi.

In hindsight it’s too bad Michaud ran for Governor

[henster]

If Lucas St. Clair is the nominee, then the Maine Democratic Party should officially dissolve in the second district. There is absolutely no point to it existing as an organization if it runs such terrible candidates against one of the weakest members of the entire House of Representatives.

And people wonder why I changed to a maroon avi.

In hindsight it’s too bad Michaud ran for Governor

I'm still amazed he lost he seemed like the perfect candidate for Dems working class background, represented and won an area LePage was strongest in. Makes me wonder if he would've even survived in '14 if he ran for re-election.

[Young Conservative]

If Lucas St. Clair is the nominee, then the Maine Democratic Party should officially dissolve in the second district. There is absolutely no point to it existing as an organization if it runs such terrible candidates against one of the weakest members of the entire House of Representatives.

And people wonder why I changed to a maroon avi.

In hindsight it’s too bad Michaud ran for Governor

I mean he would’ve won except Cutler.

[KingSweden]

If Lucas St. Clair is the nominee, then the Maine Democratic Party should officially dissolve in the second district. There is absolutely no point to it existing as an organization if it runs such terrible candidates against one of the weakest members of the entire House of Representatives.

And people wonder why I changed to a maroon avi.

In hindsight it’s too bad Michaud ran for Governor

I mean he would’ve won except Cutler.

That’s probably true.

[henster]

If Lucas St. Clair is the nominee, then the Maine Democratic Party should officially dissolve in the second district. There is absolutely no point to it existing as an organization if it runs such terrible candidates against one of the weakest members of the entire House of Representatives.

And people wonder why I changed to a maroon avi.

In hindsight it’s too bad Michaud ran for Governor

I mean he would’ve won except Cutler.

Nah Lepage was pretty close 50%, give him a just third of Cutler's support and he's there. I think the ebola panic cost Michaud more than anything.

[Maxwell]

Michaud ran a bad campaign and couldn't even win his home base. He got demolished in his own house district, you'd think being an incumbent there for over a decade would help with that.

[MAINEiac4434]

Michaud was just boring. And he was gay. And he let LePage walk all over him. And he had Cutler chopping his legs out from under him.

Michaud probably would've held on against Poliquin in 2014, if he had remained closeted. No idea what happens in 2016, if he comes out, who the GOP runs against him, how he'd be impacted by Trump's coattails, etc.