As a debate swirls around the nation, five of Maine’s seven major congressional candidates — including two Republicans — say they are pro-choice.
Michael Shepherd
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Maine congressional candidates not changing their views on abortion amid Akin controversy
Candidates for Congress from Maine are sticking with their stated positions on abortion amidst a raging national debate on the topic triggered by controversial statements from a Republican congressman and a plank in the party’s national platform.
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Truth Test: Is health reform robbing Medicare benefits?
“You’ve probably seen or heard the national debate that is raging over the $716 billion robbing of Medicare that will directly impact costs and care for tens of millions of seniors across this country.” — email from Maine People Before Politics, a conservative interest group, to supporters Let’s start with the implication that seniors are […]
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TRUTH TEST: Numbers add up, tone wrong on Medicare statement
“You’ve probably seen or heard the national debate that is raging over the $716 billion robbing of Medicare that will directly impact costs and care for tens of millions of seniors across this country.”
– Email from Maine People Before Politics, a conservative interest group, to supporters
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TRUTH TEST: Numbers right, tone wrong on Medicare cuts
“You’ve probably seen or heard the national debate that is raging over the $716 billion robbing of Medicare that will directly impact costs and care for tens of millions of seniors across this country.”
– Email from Maine People Before Politics, a conservative interest group, to supporters
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Summers ad stretches truth, but only slightly
With independent Angus King running a solid first in the polls, Republican Charlie Summers unleashed a minute-long Web ad Monday, criticizing the former Maine governor for liking to “say one thing and do another,” from campaign ads to campaign finance.
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Summers’ Web attack on King sticks mostly to facts
With independent Angus King running a solid first in the polls, Republican Charlie Summers unleashed a minute-long Web ad Monday, criticizing the former Maine governor for liking to “say one thing and do another,” from campaign ads to campaign finance.
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Truth Test: Summers’ ad tells truth, stretched a bit
The Republican criticizes Angus King for liking to ‘say one thing and do another.’
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TRUTH TEST: Dems’ barb of senators true, for the most part
The Maine Democratic Party and the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee released five variations of an ad on cable television and online last week, criticizing five Republican state senators for rubber-stamping the “agenda” of Gov. Paul LePage.
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Truth Test: Dems’ attack on state senators gets facts mostly correct
But they omit information that’s key in understanding income tax changes the GOP pushed through.