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Cold shoulder

Talking Politics
Dazbog is a wedding photographer. He'd live in Portland if he existed, which he doesn't because he's a fictional character being used to make a political point.

By: AL DIAMON | August 01, 2012

Politics + Other Mistakes
Democratic US Representative Michael Michaud of Maine's 2nd District regularly shows up on lists of the least effective, least powerful, least respected, and least intelligent members of Congress. So, how does Michaud keep getting re-elected by hefty margins?

By: AL DIAMON | July 25, 2012

The plot against common sense

Politics + Other Mistakes
Lying is as intrinsic to politics as malt is to beer. Only a fool would attempt to change either one. Among those who deserve credit for maintaining the traditional recipe for campaign rhetoric is Republican US Senate candidate Charlie Summers

By: AL DIAMON | July 18, 2012

Good side of bad things

Politics + Other Mistakes
Now for a few words in support of partisanship, gridlock, negative campaigning, and super PACs.

By: AL DIAMON | July 11, 2012

Now, I don’t believe that anymore

Politics + other mistakes
Back in 1994, being pro-choice on abortion was a popular political position — even for conservative Republicans.

By: AL DIAMON | July 03, 2012

Memory lapse

Politics + Other Mistakes
I asked some Republicans what they knew about Patrick Calder, the guy who came within 300 votes of being the GOP's 1st Congressional District nominee and is now being hailed as one of the party's rising political stars.

By: AL DIAMON | June 27, 2012

Lion, beast, beat(en)

Politics + Other Mistakes
There is a scenario under which former independent governor Angus King could fail to take office as Maine's next US senator.

By: AL DIAMON | June 20, 2012

Goodbye normal street

Politics + Other Mistakes
The US Senate campaign in Maine is about to swerve off the blacktop, crash through the puckerbrush, and plunge into the swamp, dredging up a mass of slime and stinking muck.

By: AL DIAMON | June 13, 2012

A house is not a home

Politics + Other Mistakes
The Maine State Housing Authority has such an off-putting name that it prefers to use a pseudonym.

By: AL DIAMON | June 06, 2012

Not your kind of people

Politics + Other Mistakes
If you're an independent, you know that one of the advantages of not belonging to a political party is that you don't have to help choose the US Senate nominees for the Republicans and Democrats from a list of retreads, reactionaries, rejects, and rectums.

By: AL DIAMON | May 30, 2012

Got no plans

Politics + Other Mistakes
Welcome to the Channel 9 News Noodle. I'm Kootie McDoof.

By: AL DIAMON | May 23, 2012

Never mind the bollocks

Politics + Other Mistakes
In the wake of its chaotic state convention, the Maine Republican Party has cleverly positioned itself to appeal to a whole new segment of the public: Anarchists.

By: AL DIAMON | May 16, 2012

It just don’t pay

Politics + Other Mistakes
The only thing worse than taxes is tax breaks.

By: AL DIAMON | May 09, 2012

The price you pay

Politics + Other Mistakes
Debt is a fundamental part of American life. Car payments. Mortgages. Partially unpaid bills from irate Colombian hookers.

By: AL DIAMON | May 02, 2012

Ordinary people

Mark your ballots
Democracy is a messy system of government. Its basic tenets encourage the ignorant masses to react based on emotional appeals, thereby overwhelming the reasoned judgments of the educated elite.

By: AL DIAMON | April 25, 2012

No obligations

State laws
There are two types of people who routinely ignore state laws.

By: AL DIAMON | April 18, 2012

Strike down the heathen

“Sodomy-based marriage”
"There is no basis in nature for a right to sodomy," Michael Heath told the Associated Press in March.

By: AL DIAMON | April 11, 2012

Magic money

Clean Elections
It's fun to pretend there are supernatural solutions to our problems.

By: AL DIAMON | April 04, 2012

Glorification of failure

The Maine Democratic Party
The last time the Maine Democratic Party had a competitive candidate in a statewide political race was in 2006, when John Baldacci was re-elected governor. And that was hardly a landslide. Even with Baldacci's incumbency, he got barely 38 percent of the vote.

By: AL DIAMON | March 28, 2012

Bruce almighty

Will Bruce Poliquin make the ballot?
I'm writing this before it's officially decided whether State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin qualified as a US Senate candidate for the Republican primary in June.

By: AL DIAMON | March 21, 2012

Little king

Picking the next Senator
Picking the next US senator from Maine is a no-brainer, now that independent Angus King is officially in the race.

By: AL DIAMON | March 14, 2012

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