Emily Cain

State Rep. Emily Cain (D-Orono) said she enjoyed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night – but wishes she knew a little bit more about the Republican vice presidential nominee.

Since Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate last Friday, there has been a lot of speculation about whether Palin would attract supporters of Democratic U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who lost the Democratic nomination to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

PolitickerME asked six Democrats in the Legislature how they were feeling about the budget that passed. Responding in the video below: House Speaker Glenn Cummings, D-Portland; Senate President Beth Edmonds, D-Freeport; House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, D-North Haven; Senate Majority Leader Libby Mitchell, D-Vassalboro; Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham; and Rep. Emily Cain, D-Orono, a member of the Appropriations Committee.

In addition, the Senate Majority Office has sent on this video of Sen. Peggy Rotundo’s floor speech. Rotundo, D-Lewiston, is the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee.

Click here for video of Rep. Emily Cain introducing Hillary Clinton.

Update: Video of Sean Faircloth 

Members of state government took on the task of introducing both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during separate events Saturday.  read more »

UPDATED 4:45 PM with comments from Rep. Jeremy Fischer

With presidential candidates John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani dropping out so close to the Maine caucuses, supporters are looking to other candidates.

U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud endorsed Edwards in October. Spokeswoman Monica Castellanos said he will back another candidate, she’s just not sure who or when.

State Rep. Richard Sykes is a retired High School PrincipalIt’s unconstitutional to allow out-of-state college students to vote in-state while they are living in university housing, said Rep. Richard Sykes, R-Harrison. Instead, they should vote absentee in their hometowns.

On Thursday, Sykes requested a ruling on the matter from Attorney General Steven Rowe.

The matter first came up last session when a bill to prevent students from using a college dormitory address to register to vote failed on the House and Senate floors. It was sponsored by Rep. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls.

While Sykes’ request only targets out-of-state students, Knight’s bill applied to all students living in the dorms.