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Douglas Rooks
Douglas Rooks: How to prevent another shutdown
A legislative minority should not be able to dictate budget decisions simply through threats.
Douglas Rooks: Susan Collins’ moment of truth
Will she find the courage to buck her party on the Affordable Care Act?
Rooks: Poliquin, Cain dodge the issues
While putting down each other, the candidates in Maine’s 2nd District have offered little of their own views.
Rooks: Campaigns without content
The state parties aren’t offering anything of real substance, and it’s frustrating voters.
Doug Rooks: A failure of state leadership
Legislators were unable to achieve consensus on how to deal with Gov. LePage, and unable to explain why.
Rooks: As Maine elections go, so should the nation’s
Expanding the Clean Election model would make for better democracy across the country.
Rooks: What do ‘failed’ and ‘flipped’ have in common?
The language we use trivializes elections.
Doug Rooks: Ranked-choice voting no real solution
Instead of voting gimmicks, the parties should do the hard work of rebuilding.
Rooks: State shutdown’s shadow still looms
The 1991 shutdown of Maine government has resulted in a series of ineffectual legislative leadership.