2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRasmussen: King (I) (+12) in MAINE
Thursday, September 27, 2012
King (I) 45%
Summers (R) 33%
Dill (D) 14%
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(PPP's poll earlier this week showed only a +8 lead for King. Hopefully if King is going to caucus with the Democrats, he will continue to lead the Republican.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_senate_elections/maine/election_2012_maine_senate
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)He is pro-environmental protection. He is pro-choice. He is pro-marriage equality. He supported the ACA. He endorsed Bush in 2000 but he endorsed Kerry in 2004, endorsed Obama in 2008 and has pretty much endorsed Obama again for 2012.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)He is still well ahead, but his numbers have come down from where they were over the Summer.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Angus isn't perfect on all the issues, but he has gone D for prez in the last three cycles including this one. He used to be a D in VA.
He was a popular gov for 8 years and was truly moderate. Asshole Summers is a gov LePage (aka LeBUFFOON TeaNut) toadie as his Sec of State, and he was an architect of the attempt to remove same-day voting here which we beat back with a referendum last fall. The RePUKE groups are attacking King to try to prop up the D, Cynthia Dill, to split the progressive/moderate vote and get Summers in on a plurality. Can't let those rotten bastards get away with it.
*** I like Dill on the issues, but she just can not win this one. She has a couple terms in the state legislature but is considered just unprepared for the national scene, and, unfortunately, she has a certain sting to her style which just doesn't sit well with many people up here. There is a real problem with her likeability in addition to her full-state appeal, she being from the far south of the state which is much different than the rest of the state where you have to be a bit more moderate. So we have to win this one with a fairly progressive indy. And that is King, the former governor.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)Your post confirms what I have been reading in other articles.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)14% of the vote in the polls right now. She simply doesn't have the statewide capability to win. She needs to stay in the state legislature and tone down some of her rhetoric. She goes off the cuff and ticks people off.
We need to get Angus in to taze Summers and his asshole out-of-state big money guys who have been trying to divide the electorate with gobs of cash in order to get Summers in on a plurality vote since we don't have runoffs here. We must taze Summers by voting for King.
brooklynite
(94,607 posts)I read it on the internet.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)King will likely side with the Dems 90% of the time. He can't be worse than Ben Nelson.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)high density
(13,397 posts)For our three-way governors race in 2010, I and others played the good Democrat and voted for the D on the ballot... We ended up with a teabagger governor. I'm not making that mistake again.