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    <title>BBC News - Maine judge: No forced quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox</title>
    <dc:date>2014-11-02T18:03:50+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A judge in the US has ruled in favour of a nurse fighting a state quarantine order since returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa.

Judge Charles LaVerdiere ruled Kaci Hickox did not need to be isolated or restricted in her movements because she is not showing symptoms of the virus.

It came hours after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned discrimination against aid workers.

And it was a blow to the Maine governor who had sought a 21-day quarantine.

The judge said the nurse must comply with health officials over monitoring but does not need to stay away from public places, as the state had requested.

Governor Paul LePage said he disagrees with the court's findings but will comply.

"As governor, I have done everything I can to protect the health and safety of Mainers," he said on Friday.

"The judge has eased restrictions with this ruling and I believe it is unfortunate. However, the state will abide by law."]]></description>
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    <title>13 Maine Republicans Are Done With The GOP, Decide To Leave Party</title>
    <dc:date>2013-08-20T21:07:28+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Citing a long list of problems, 13 members of the Maine Republican Party are leaving the GOP.

In a Sunday letter obtained by the Bangor Daily News, the group singled out the RNC, Congressional Republicans, Maine Republican legislators and Gov. Paul LePage's administration as factors in the decision.

"We can no longer associate ourselves with a political party that goes out of its way to continually restrict our freedoms and liberties as well as reaching deeper and deeper into our wallets," the group wrote.

Recently-elected Maine GOP Chairman Rick Bennett reacted to the news, telling Maine Today that he was sad to see them go, but still saw a "very broad" party before him.

“I regret losing them from the party, but our party remains a very broad party,” Bennett said. “My job isn’t to pick sides."

According to the Maine Sun Journal, leading the exodus was RNC member Mark Willis of Washington County, former Senate candidate Scott D'Amboise of Lisbon, and former state party chair challenger Sam Canders. Willis said that to stop others from leaving, the party must start "governing like Republicans are supposed to be," the Sun Journal reported.]]></description>
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    <title>Maine Gov: Obama “Hates White People” | TPM Editors Blog</title>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maine Gov. Paul LePage is one of the coarsest bits of flotsam washed ashore in the 2010 Tea Party wave election. He’s often found comparing IRS agents to Gestapo and joking about sodomy as punishment. But this is something even for him. According to the Portland Press Herald, at a fundraiser last week, the Gov. told Republican supporters that President Obama “hates white people.”

It was a private event. And there appears to be no recording. But two Republican lawmakers, who asked that their names be withheld for fear of political retribution, confirmed LePage’s comment when asked directly. Others who spoke on the record said they had no memory of him saying, were distracted or simply refused to comment. 

Two Republican lawmakers confirmed the comment when asked directly by a Press Herald reporter, but asked that their names be withheld for fear of political retribution. Each said LePage talked about how Obama could have been the best president ever if he highlighted his biracial heritage. But, LePage said, the president hasn’t done that because he hates white people.
“Yeah, he said it,” said one lawmaker. “It was one little thing from a speech, but I think most people there thought it was totally inappropriate.”

…

One of the lawmakers who confirmed the comments said he supports the governor’s policies but is tired of being asked to defend controversial statements.]]></description>
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    <title>Maine Republican chairman questions black voters</title>
    <dc:date>2012-11-15T02:37:25+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The black voter comments begin at the 16:05 mark of the interview.

“In some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted on Election Day,” he said. “Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in (these) towns knows anyone who’s black. How did that happen? I don’t know. We’re going to find out.”

When pressed by Carrigan about where this happened, Webster declined to give specifics or provide proof of his claims but said that the party would be sending out a mailer on the subject soon.

In an interview with the Press Herald on Wednesday, Webster said his point wasn’t that these new voters were black. It was that they weren’t recognized by town officials.

“I’m not talking about 15 or 20. I’m talking hundreds,” he said. “I’m not politically correct and maybe I shouldn’t have said these voters were black, but anyone who suggests I have a bias toward any race or group, frankly, that’s sleazy.”

Webster said he has identified five “pockets” of the state where he has concerns about voter irregularities. He would not identify those areas but said he plans to send thank you cards to all the new voters. If a large number of those are returned because the address is invalid, Webster said he’ll know he’s on to something.]]></description>
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    <title>The Caucus: For Maine Senate Seat, Democrats Take a Chance</title>
    <dc:date>2012-03-08T06:36:23+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eager to preserve their majority in the Senate, Democrats are rolling the dice in Maine on a popular independent former governor who is seeking Senator Olympia J. Snowe ’s seat, in the hope that he sides with them next year if elected.

On Wednesday, Representative Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, announced that she would not run to succeed Ms. Stowe, a moderate Republican who announced last week that she would not run for re-election. Another Democrat, former Gov. John Baldacci, may still run, but party strategists say Ms. Pingree was their strongest candidate.

Ms. Pingree’s decision clears the way for former Gov. Angus King , a left-leaning independent, whose candidacy has put Democrats in a bind. The party badly wants to win the Snowe seat to offset possible losses in more conservative states like North Dakota and Nebraska. But Mr. King, who supports abortion rights, was likely to siphon off support from the Democratic candidate. As one Senate Democratic strategist said, either Mr. King will be the next senator or Republicans will keep the seat.

“I think with Pingree, it was an easy call for her,” said Mark Brewer, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Maine . “There was no guarantee that Angus King was going to win this race, but I would have to say at this point, Angus King was the favorite. She was going to have to give up her House seat to do it, which was going to be an ultra safe seat for her.”.

In a statement, Ms. Pingree, a favorite of liberal activists and a former head of Common Cause , said, “Although the prospect of running for and possibly serving in the United States Senate was very exciting, I believe I will best serve the people of Maine by running for re-election to the House.”

Democratic officials adamantly maintained that they did not push Ms. Pingree from the race, and they say they have not spoken to Mr. King. If he is elected, there is no guarantee that Mr. King will align himself with the Democrats and support their candidate for majority leader, but Democrats see little chance of him siding with Republicans.

“He won’t say, and we won’t ask,” the Democratic strategist said.

If Mr. King remains independent and leans toward neither party, he would forgo any committee assignments and other benefits, an unlikely move.]]></description>
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    <title>The Caucus: Snowe Will Not Seek Re-election</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-29T04:03:48+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a surprise that could reconfigure the fight to control the Senate, Senator Olympia Snowe, a three-term Republican from Maine, said Tuesday she would not run for re-election, citing excessive partisanship in the Senate.

“After 33 years in the Congress this was not an easy decision,” said Ms. Snowe in a prepared statement. “My husband and I are in good health. We have laid an exceptionally strong foundation for the campaign, and I have no doubt I would have won re-election. It has been an indescribable honor and immeasurable privilege to serve the people of Maine, first in both houses of Maine’s legislature and later in both houses of Congress. To this day, I remain deeply passionate about public service, and I cherish the opportunity I have been given for nearly four decades to help improve the lives of my fellow Mainers.”

Ms. Snowe, a moderate who cast key votes in bills that were dear to Democrats including the stimulus bill, was facing a Tea Party-backed challenger, but one who had failed to gain much traction in a state where Ms. Snowe remained popular and well known.

Ms. Snowe said the lack of comity and bipartisanship in the current Congress was a key motivating factor to her sudden retirement, which would well upend Republican efforts to retake the Senate; the party needs four seats to do so.]]></description>
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    <title>The Caucus: Romney Still Ahead in Maine</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-18T20:03:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A day before Maine was to hold more caucuses, the state Republican Party on Friday afternoon reaffirmed that Mitt Romney was still leading Ron Paul in the caucuses that had been held so far.

The party recounted the votes for its nonbinding straw poll after complaints from some towns, like Belfast and Waterville, that their votes were omitted from the official tally that party officials announced last Saturday.

Those results showed Mr. Romney ahead of Mr. Paul by 194 votes; the results of the recount announced Friday showed him ahead by 239 votes.

Only 5,814 ballots have been cast so far in Maine’s convoluted Republican caucuses, amounting to about 2 percent of the state’s registered Republicans.

But these results are awaiting caucuses that have not yet been held. Still to come are votes from rural Washington County, where caucuses will be held Saturday, as well as towns in a few other counties around the state.

The party had planned all along to announce the results of its straw poll last Saturday knowing that several towns would not have voted. But it did not predict the uproar that ensued, much of it initially from Paul supporters who were furious that the results did not include many towns that might have given them the edge.

The outrage grew as the new media further scrutinized the caucus process, and many Maine officials became embarrassed at the Byzantine nature and the party’s complicated rules.

Party officials now say they will not announce the final results of the straw poll until March 10, after all towns have voted and reported their results.

The presidential straw poll is a meaningless beauty contest unrelated to the more important selection of the state’s 24 delegates, which will take place at a state party convention in May.

The distended process, and the fact that the delegates, once selected, are not bound to vote for a particular candidate, have reduced the state’s relevance in the national nominating process.]]></description>
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    <title>FiveThirtyEight: Could Ron Paul Still Win Maine?</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-13T04:18:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ron Paul’s campaign is claiming that it could still win the presidential preference poll in the Maine caucus because of a county that postponed its vote and will hold its caucus next Saturday, Feb. 18.

On Saturday, the Maine Republican Party declared Mitt Romney the winner of the presidential preference vote, which he led by 194 ballots based on the caucuses that have been held so far.

State Republicans said they considered the results of the straw poll final . However, Washington County, in the easternmost part of the state, postponed its caucus after a snowstorm was forecast there. The Washington County G.O.P. Chair, Chris Gardner, said his county would conduct the straw poll at its caucuses and will report the results to the state.

All if this will be moot unless Mr. Paul is able to make up 194 votes in the county.

Based on how the county voted in 2008, that seems unlikely. Just 113 votes total were cast in the county in 2008, and only 8 of those were for Mr. Paul. John McCain, instead, won the plurality.

In addition, Mr. Romney narrowly won the two counties, Hancock and Penobscot, that border Washington County to the west and which are probably the best demographic match for it — although Mr. Paul won sparsely-populated Aroostook County, which borders it to the north, where he took 81 votes to Mr. Romney’s 26.

However, Washington County might theoretically have some untapped potential for Mr. Paul. It is rural and relatively poor — demographics that tend to suit him more than Mr. Romney. And it is relatively conservative, having split its vote about evenly between Barack Obama and Mr. McCain in 2008 when Mr. Obama won Maine as a whole fairly easily.]]></description>
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    <title>The Caucus: Romney Wins Maine Caucuses</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-12T04:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney averted embarrassment Saturday when he was declared the winner of a presidential straw poll in Maine’s non-binding caucuses.

He won 39 percent of the vote , barely edging out Representative Ron Paul of Texas, the only other Republican candidate to campaign actively in the state. Mr. Paul drew 36 percent.

Rick Santorum won 18 percent, and Newt Gingrich 6 percent.

Mr. Romney’s victory came hours after he won a straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, an annual meeting of conservative activists.

Although the vote in Maine had no substantive meaning in terms of delegates, losing it could have created a political headache for Mr. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, and extended a negative story line that had been building since last week when he lost Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri to Rick Santorum.]]></description>
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    <title>Is Sen. Olympia Snowe One Of The 375 Maine Millionaires She Voted To Protect? | Political Correction</title>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When Sen. Olympia Snowe explained her vote against the Senate jobs bill last week, she identified only one provision of the bill she disagreed with: the surcharge on taxpayers who earn more than $1 million in adjusted gross income. According to a study by Citizens for Tax Justice, only one-tenth of one percent of Maine taxpayers would be affected by the surcharge — that’s only about 375 people. While the rest of Snowe’s constituents struggle to survive bleak economic conditions, 375 Mainers are lucky to have a senator on their side.

But Snowe’s opposition to legislation that would create two million new jobs and cut taxes for virtually all Maine income tax payers simply because it included a small tax increase for only 375 Mainers raises an obvious question: Would Sen. Snowe have been one of those 375?]]></description>
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    <title>More Americans Back Unions Than Governors in State Disputes</title>
    <dc:date>2011-04-02T20:24:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.gallup.com/poll/146921/Americans-Back-Unions-Governors-State-Disputes.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With political battles over state budgets and collective bargaining still playing out to varying degrees in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Maine, and several other states, 48% of Americans say they agree more with the unions in these disputes, while 39% agree more with the governors. Thirteen percent favor neither side or have no opinion.]]></description>
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    <title>Maine - Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Labor Mural - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2011-04-02T18:05:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/us/02brfs-LAWSUITSEEKS_BRF.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court on Friday over Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to remove a mural depicting the state’s labor history from the Labor Department’s building in Augusta. The lawsuit seeks to confirm the mural’s location, ensure that it is adequately preserved and restore it to the lobby of the Labor Department. It was filed on behalf of an organized labor representative, a workplace safety official, three artists and a lawyer. The governor contends that the mural depicting labor history overlooks the contributions of entrepreneurs. His press secretary, Adrienne Bennett, said the mural was “safe and secure, awaiting transfer to a suitable venue for public display.” ]]></description>
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    <title>Gay Marriage Lost, But It's Not Losing - Reason Magazine</title>
    <dc:date>2009-11-17T17:29:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://reason.com/archives/2009/11/16/gay-marriage-lost-but-its-not?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reason%2FArticles+%28Reason+Online+-+All+Articles+%28except+Hit+%26+Run+blog%29%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader</link>
    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[" As it turns out, it's not the idea of treating gay couples equally that bothers most Americans. It's the name of the legal arrangement. Call same-sex marriage by another term—civil union, domestic partnership, everything-but-marriage, Qualcomm Stadium, Death Cab for Cutie—and they're fine with it."]]></description>
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    <title>Blag Hag: You know what else is an abomination, Maine? Lobster</title>
    <dc:date>2009-11-05T21:18:38+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jtyost2</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I know the Bible can be a little hard to understand, so let me spell it out for you: God hates shellfish. You know what's a shellfish? Lobster. Because of this, I fully expect a ban on Maine's lobster industry ASAP. I know that's a major facet of your economy and all, but you've illustrated that God's word is more important than the well being of your citizens. I'm sure they'll understand the dip in the economy, since getting into heaven later is more important than this life."]]></description>
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