dietetics clamp: Romney's the present, Ryan's the GOP future

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Romney's the present, Ryan's the GOP future

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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson may sway voters

Gary Johnson isn't a household name in Maine or most other places, yet the Libertarian presidential candidate could become an attractive option at the ballot box for some of the same voters who helped sweep Republicans into power here just two years ago.

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

School budgets becoming battlegrounds

OAKLAND -- With proposed school budgets falling like dominoes in referendum votes, school districts across the state are learning the hard way that their budgets are facing more rigorous challenges from residents focused on keeping local property taxes as low as possible.

Bill would expand fertility coverage for veterans

WASHINGTON -- The roadside bomb that exploded outside Andrew Robinson's Humvee in Iraq six years ago broke the Marine staff sergeant's neck and left him without use of his legs. It also cast doubt on his ability to father a child, a gnawing emotional wound for a then-23-year-old who had planned to start a family with his wife of less than two years.

Anti-King ad upsets local chambers of commerce

When Dana Connors got a call from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last month letting him know the group was about to air a TV ad criticizing independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King, the president of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce knew he was in a tough spot.

Same-sex marriage also a matter of financial rights

FREEPORT -- Sarah Dowling and Linda Wolfe had what they call a "nonlegal wedding" in Maine 16 years ago, followed by a civil union in Vermont on their fifth anniversary.