After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision was announced, Sen. Susan Collins admitted her decisive vote for Brett Kavanaugh was based on his false reassurances and lies. Did she demand hearings? Call for his impeachment? No! She tepidly voiced “concern.” Remember back when she and Sen. Jeff Flake orchestrated what turned out to be a sham […]
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Maine’s Senate race must be about judgment | Opinion
Tribal loyalty should not take the place of being willing to ask the hard questions of the candidates.
With prestige and power, Susan Collins deserves Maine’s support | Letter
Susan Collins has done incredibly good things for the state of Maine and its citizens during her tenure. Let’s look at just one of her accomplishments, which resulted in significant benefit for thousands of Maine citizens as well as people around the country. In 2024, Collins was the driving force behind adoption of the Social […]
Remember that Platner is crying out for attention | Letter
With all due respect to Chris Burns on his June 22 op-ed detailing “unfair” coverage of Graham Platner by this newspaper, Mr. Burns need only to look at Mr. Platner to understand why there is so much media coverage about him. For one thing, Platner demands attention. That is obvious from all of his past social […]
Getting Susan Collins out of the Senate is essential | Letter
Mainers will confront established Trump loyalist Sen. Susan Collins at the polls. She needs replacing, and Graham Platner is the answer. In 1933, wealthy businessmen hatched a plan, based on Italy’s and Germany’s fascist governments, to overthrow President Franklin Roosevelt. Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Smedley D. Butler was offered millions of dollars to organize veterans […]
Do Mainers care about Graham Platner’s controversies? Here’s what our poll found.
The vast majority of Mainers have heard at least a bit about the U.S. Senate candidate’s personal history.
There is no ‘lesser of two evils’ in Maine’s US Senate race | Letter
After 62 years of voting, I’m sitting this out.
Graham Platner must win | Letter
Pine Tree Results Super PAC is spending millions of dollars to try to convince Mainers that Sen. Susan (I know I said I would only serve for two terms, but I didn’t realize how profitable it would be) Collins cares about the state and that Graham Platner is too risky for Maine. Details, details, details. […]
Collins’ Kavanaugh vote should rule her out of the running | Letter
Someone who supports American families and the children from which they rise in our society ought reasonably to want full and unfettered health care access for all American women of childbearing age. How does Sen. Susan Collins sleep at night knowing about the harm to women because of her vote for Brett Kavanaugh? Collins was […]
Here’s how the Times/Press Herald/Siena poll works, and how to read the full results
The poll of likely Maine voters, based on hundreds of phone calls, paints a detailed picture of Mainers’ attitudes 5 months before the general election.