http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ en-us jkaplan@pressherald.com 2008-06-24T12:28:05-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/029424.html Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Susan Collins hold double-digit leads over their opponents in the presidential and U.S. Senate races in Maine, according to a new poll released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential... 29424@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Presidential race 2008-06-24T12:28:05-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/029389.html Democratic Rep. Tom Allen and Republican Sen. Susan Collins will face a third opponent in the Nov. 4 general election: Herbert Hoffman, an independent anti-war, pro-impeachment candidate. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Monday rejected the Maine Democratic Party’s challenge... 29389@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Maine Senate Race 2008-06-23T16:27:21-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/029157.html Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will attend a fundraiser at the home of former President George Bush in Kennebunkport on July 31, according to an invitation that has been sent out. (UPDATE: The campaign says that this... 29157@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Presidential race 2008-06-19T10:13:43-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/029099.html Several senators and lobbyists feted Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, last week at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, helping her raise $50,000 in her bid for a third term. Collins faces Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine. Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe of Maine,... 29099@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Maine Senate Race 2008-06-18T11:13:47-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/028952.html Maine's Secretary of State's office denied a hearing on Friday to a third party candidate who failed to get the requisite number of signatures to qualify for a spot on the ballot in the fall. Laurie Dobson of Kennebunk, who... 28952@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Maine Senate Race 2008-06-16T10:44:27-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/028866.html Washington came to a screeching halt this afternoon upon learning that Tim Russert, 58, died of a heart attack. As everyone knows by now, Russert was the host of Meet the Press and NBC Washington Bureau Chief.... 28866@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Inside the Beltway 2008-06-13T16:46:27-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/028784.html That's the lead story in today's issue of Roll Call, a trade publication that covers politics, lobbying, elections and all things Congress. It's subscription only so here's some of the text. Here's what Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the chairman of... 28784@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Maine Senate Race 2008-06-12T15:08:40-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/028577.html As Democrats try to unify the party after a bruising 17-month long primary campaign, conflict between two party leaders appears to linger from the 2006 campaign. At a press conference on Tuesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California praised Democratic National... 28577@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Congress 2008-06-10T17:35:38-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/028546.html The trade papers that cover Congress and elections here in Washington, D.C., have been writing on Maine's 1st Congressional District race in the lead up to today's primary. Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly had articles in recent weeks (subscriptions are... 28546@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ 1st District Race 2008-06-10T11:30:50-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/028480.html A non-profit group opposed to a key legislative priority for organized labor has confused Portland, Maine with Portland, Oregon. "If Tom Allen thinks a private election is the best way to elect himself, why doesn’t he support the same system... 28480@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Maine Senate Race 2008-06-09T11:47:45-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/028267.html The New York Times had an interesting "Man in the News" profile of Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois on Wednesday, putting Obama "on the couch" to analyze the roots of his publicly cerebral and drama-free personality. Here's an interesting nugget... 28267@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ Presidential race 2008-06-05T10:32:43-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/027893.html New campaign-finance reports show that three candidates for Congress – Democrats Michael Brennan and Steve Meister and Republican Dean Scontras – are getting low on cash as the campaign enters its final days. Of the three, Brennan was in the... 27893@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ 1st District Race 2008-05-29T16:27:42-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/027798.html Here's what's on tap this week in the 1st District race: Wednesday, May 28 6:30-8 p.m., Democratic candidates participate in a candidate night sponsored by the South Berwick Democratic Committee, Marshwood Great Works School, 49 Academy St., South Berwick. Thursday,... 27798@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ 1st District Race 2008-05-28T10:25:01-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/027594.html I didn't have enough room in my story today to include one other point of contention from yesterday's GOP debate at the PPH. During the sometimes heated discussion, Dean Scontras raised the question of whether his opponent, Charlie Summers, has... 27594@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ 1st District Race 2008-05-23T11:06:17-05:00 http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/027532.html Democrat Chellie Pingree's latest TV ad tells a personal story. In it, she says that her brother died of cancer, but only after bankrupting his family while fighting the disease. Pingree uses the story – which she also recounted in... 27532@http://www.pressherald.com/blogs/politicalextra/ 1st District Race 2008-05-22T11:17:32-05:00