2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSnowe’s retirement leaves Senate Dems with tough decision
The Hill
By Josh Lederman
Democrats looking to replace retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) in Maine have a delicate decision to make.
If they back independent former Gov. Angus King, who stands the best chance at winning, they risk the appearance of having abandoned their own party's candidates.
But if they support one of the four Democrats competing in the primary, they risk siphoning votes away from King and handing the seat back to Republicans.
Looming over the race is the lingering question about which party King will caucus with if elected to the Senate. King has steadfastly refused to say with which party hell cast his lot, a silence that some of his opponents claim deprives voters of the information they need to cast an informed ballot.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/224401-snows-retirement-leaves-senate-dems-with-tough-decision
Here we go again. Didn't we go through this regarding Charlie Crist in Florida not long ago?
msongs
(67,406 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)If so then we should back former Gov Winter to defeat the Repuke.
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)outside of their home town. None of them are making any real effort to make themselves known statewide. The Democratic party in Maine has little choice but to back King or give up the chance of taking the seat.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)something of a douche.
Any Maine DUers want to fill in the picture?
Little Star
(17,055 posts)As mentioned above, King had endorsed independent candidate Eliot Cutler in Maine's 2010 gubernatorial election.[9][10] Cutler was narrowly defeated by Republican Paul LePage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_King
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)So popular that every other Democrat with statewide popularity (Baldacci, Michaud and Pingree) dropped out within a week of him announcing he will run.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)includes King and a Dem, they will split the sane vote, thereby allowing the insane (Repuke) to win?
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)are the original sacrificial lambs being sent to lose against Snowe.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)gunshy about another vote-split. Gov. Baldacci looked into IRV a bit. Wish he could have won over the vote-counters, who were so dead set against it.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)This is a situation that is reminiscent of the governor's race that allowed the Tea Bagger (Page?) to win.
So why did King get into the race as an independent? Was it to split the vote again? IOW, is he a Manchurian (Republican) candidate? Those are questions that I would want to know if I were a Mainer.