The Maine Wire: “Claim: Michaud never got a bill passed in Congress?” plus 3 more‏

• Claim: Michaud never got a bill passed in Congress?
• Plowman: The Dark Side of Michaud’s Obscurity [Warning: Brutal Take-down]
• Robinson on the radio!
• Bellows takes flak for using out-of-state actor

Claim: Michaud never got a bill passed in Congress? Posted: 21 Jul 2014 11:06 AM PDT As the 2014 gubernatorial campaign heats up, political parties, politicians, political action committees and even anonymous Twitter accounts are making all manner of claims about their favorite — and no so favorite — candidates. But one claim deserves some further scrutiny. The Maine Republican Party is claiming that U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, the Democratic candidate […]

Plowman: The Dark Side of Michaud’s Obscurity [Warning: Brutal Take-down] Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:48 AM PDT By Debra Plowman — Mainers expect bold leadership from their representatives in Washington, D.C. Whether Democratic or Republican, the people we have sent from our small state to our nation’s capital have stood out and have gotten things done in that crowded town. Ed Muskie wrote the Clean Air and Water Acts. Bill Cohen became […]

Robinson on the radio! Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:39 AM PDT Did you miss Maine Wire Editor Steve Robinson when he filled in for John McDonald on Saturday? Be sure to catch the podcasts of from his first solo radio show! Robinson talks about Eric Holder’s Justice Department with John Fund, senior national affairs correspondent for National Review Online: Listen! David Trahan, executive director of the […]

Bellows takes flak for using out-of-state actor Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:34 AM PDT Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate for Senate, is taking flak for her campaigns use of an out-of-state actor in a commercial. Although the ad talks about supporting Maine workers, Phil Harriman, columnist for the Portland Press Herald, points out that the hardhat-wearing actor in the commercial actually comes from stock footage. The Maine Republican Party is […]