Redefining awkward: LePage preaching about health care September 24, 2017Home, Maine Politics, Opinion, PoliticsGovernor Paul LePage, Graham-Cassidy, Senator Susan Collins By Patricia Callahan Awkward’s putting it nicely.
Do strong leaders hide in bathrooms? August 27, 2017Home, Maine Politics, Opinion, PoliticsGovernor Paul LePage, President Donald Trump, Rep. Bruce Poliquin, Senator Susan Collins, Sheriff Paul Penzone By Patricia Callahan Or do they take on the full mantle of their responsibilities like Sheriff Paul Penzone of Arizona?
She’s ba-ack: Diane Russell joins growing list of gubernatorial candidates August 12, 2017Home, Maine Politics, Opinion, PoliticsAttorney General Janet Mills, Election 2018, Senator Susan Collins, State Treasurer Terry Hayes By Patricia Callahan It’s too early to talk Election 2018, but I do have a dream ballot — I call them the cojones candidates.
Senator Collins is no meh July 28, 2017Home, Maine Politics, Opinion, Politicshealth care debate, Senator Angus King, Senator Susan Collins By Patricia Callahan And health care doesn’t belong in the marketplace.
The Congressional health care plans aren’t the problem June 28, 2017Home, Maine Politics, Opinion, PoliticsOhio Governor John Kasich, Senator Angus King, Senator Susan Collins, United States Congress By Patricia Callahan It’s the thinking and lack of integrity behind them that are the real problems for average and vulnerable Americans.
The park service won’t address the national park concerns of your reps in Congress. It’s a shame March 1, 2016Home, Maine Politics, Opinion, PoliticsElliottsville Plantation Inc, national park debate, National Park Service, Representative Bruce Poliquin, Senator Angus King, Senator Susan Collins By Patricia Callahan If the National Park Service is not accountable to Congress and our delegation, just who is it accountable to?
Here’s why these 2 topics deserve more press February 18, 2016Home, Maine Politics, Opinion, Outdoors, PoliticsAcadia National Park, national park debate, Schoodic Peninsula, Senator Angus King, Senator Susan Collins By Patricia Callahan Sometimes blogging feels like getting caught swimming in a riptide. You have to work with the current, not against it. And you have to try not to panic.