Wake-Up Call: Friday, August 29, 2008

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Michelle Obama or Joe Biden to visit Maine

DENVER -- Karen Harris and Jill Duson, Maine delegates who are working on Barack Obama campaign, said the state can expect a high profile visit soon. (PolitickerME.com, Jessica Alaimo)

Link: http://www.politickerme.com/jessicaalaimo/2374/michelle-obama-or-joe-bid...

Mainer accused of sending threatening e-mail

BRUNSWICK—A Brunswick man was arrested early Thursday in connection with a racially charged e-mail sent to Gov. John Baldacci and at least one other member of the Maine delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, police said.  (Boston Globe, AP)

Link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/08/28/mainer_accuse...

Maine Reacts to Obama Speech 

Obama supporters packed bars in downtown Portland Thursday night to watch Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech for the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (WGME)

Link: http://www.wgme.com/News/story_detail/story_detail_12.shtml?readmore

Senators call for probe of fisheries science

All four U.S. senators from Maine and Massachusetts are calling for an independent investigation of the science behind federal fishing regulations. (Maine Today, John Richardson)

Link: http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/032196.html

Maine treasurer outlines Merrill Lynch agreement

AUGUSTA—Maine has reached agreement with Merrill Lynch to recover $20 million the state paid to purchase Mainsail II commercial paper last summer, state Treasurer David Lemoine said Thursday.

Lemoine said the agreement restores the state's long-standing relationship with Merrill Lynch. (Boston Globe, AP)

Link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/08/28/maine_treasur...

Court hears Hoffman ballot arguments today

A federal judge in Portland will hear arguments today that quick action is needed to ensure independent U.S. Senate candidate Herbert Hoffman a spot on the Nov. 4 election ballot. (Maine Today, Dieter Bradbury)

Link: http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/032171.html

DISPATCHES: Medication mail-back program reaches milestone

More than 300 packets of unwanted and expired medications were opened and sorted Thursday, marking a new phase of the state's first-in-the-nation pharmaceutical mail-back program. (Portland Press Herald, Staff)

Link: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=207221&ac=PHnws

Mainers give convention high marks 

DENVER — Members of the state’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention say they are energized by their experience this week and ready to head home and campaign hard for Barack Obama. (Bangor Daily News, Linda Killian)

Link: http://bangornews.com/detail/49791.html

Delegation stalled for time during roll call

DENVER — After some eleventh-hour maneuvering over how the roll call vote would be handled at the Democratic National Convention, the Maine delegation was not expecting to have the chance to verbally cast its votes on Wednesday.

But at the last minute state party chairman John Knutson was told not only would he have the chance to announce the delegation’s votes but that he needed to stall for time by coming up with things to say. (Bangor Daily News, Linda Killian)

Link: http://bangornews.com/detail/49792.html

Baldacci urges more outreach to working-class voters 

DENVER — Gov. John Baldacci, who attended the Democratic National Convention here this week, said he believes Barack Obama, the party’s nominee for president, needs to do more to reach out to working and middle class voters whose support will be critically important in the November election. (Bangor Daily News, Linda Killian)

Link: http://bangornews.com/detail/49793.html

RUNNING FOR OFFICE

Rep. Pat Jones, D-Mount Vernon, is running for re-election for the House District 83 legislative seat.

Jones most recently served out the term previously held by her husband, Rep. Deane Jones, and Rep. Abby Holman. (Kennebec Journal, Staff)

Link: http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5348027.html

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