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Jim Fossel: Republicans should be the party of local control

But the party of small government is all too willing to interfere on the municipal level when it’s in their interest.

Maine political parties go wrong when they nominate safe candidates and run cookie-cutter campaigns.

by Jim Fossel August 29, 2021August 28, 2021

You can both agree with the president’s decision to withdraw and strongly oppose the way he did it.

Events of the last few years, from COVID to Jan. 6, will force the candidate to run on more than his record.

by Jim Fossel August 15, 2021August 14, 2021

You don’t need to be a fan of big spending to be happy with the $1 trillion legislation that the U.S. Senate just passed.

by Jim Fossel August 8, 2021August 7, 2021

The party should want to get to the bottom of the insurrection at the Capitol.

by Jim Fossel August 1, 2021July 31, 2021

If inflation is a problem in 2022, voters will have reason to blame the majority party, both in Augusta and in Washington.

by Jim Fossel July 18, 2021July 17, 2021

If moderates from both parties don’t assert themselves, extremists will dominate the debate.

by Jim Fossel July 11, 2021July 10, 2021

Republicans in the Legislature showed that they could work with Democratic lawmakers and the Mills administration to govern through compromise.

by Jim Fossel July 4, 2021July 3, 2021

The issues highlight a consistent fault of the Republican Party at all levels: constant criticism with no real follow-through.