Summers and King show they have differences, but there are no back-and-forth arguments.
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Summers getting new help from outsider ads
The GOP group wouldn’t say if it plans more spots touting Democrat Cynthia Dill at independent Angus King’s expense.
Clinton chief of staff tells Maine to demand debt reduction, elect Angus King
PORTLAND — A leader of the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission urged Mainers on Sunday to demand that Congress reduce the nation’s debt — and to elect former Gov. Angus King to the U.S. Senate.
Fiscal reformer views King as ‘bridge’
Erskine Bowles says that the independent would help cut through partisanship that stymies action on the debt.
ON MAINE POLITICS: Karl Rove praises Charlie Summers’ Senate campaign
Bloomberg Businessweek has an exclusive inside look at a recent meeting between Republican strategist Karl Rove and potential donors to his super PAC, American Crossroads. The story also has a Maine hook, as Rove gives his assessment of the U.S. Senate race.
Obama swings through swing state next door
Before a large crowd in New Hampshire, President Obama urges voters to re-elect him and let him finish the job of fixing America’s economy.
Advocates: Maine’s health insurance deregulation not working
The report is the latest to track the effects of Public Law 90 on the state’s health insurance market.
LePage leading trade mission to China next week
The seven-day trip will be LePage’s first overseas trade mission.
ON MAINE POLITICS: Both sides of same-sex marriage seek financial support
At least a couple of times a week, both sides in the gay-marriage campaign are sending out emails asking for money.
Summers’ new front against King may be in the wind
Republicans criticize the independent former governor as a wind farm developer who benefited from a controversial federal loan guarantee. Angus King, however, says he’s proud of the Record Hill project.