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Maine GOP Chairman: What Obama Means by Change

By Mark J. Ellis - July 1, 2008 - 10:14pm

Tags: Mark Ellis, John McCain, Barack Obama,

Release Date: Jul 2 2008

Ellis: You know, Barack Obama has talked a great deal about "Change" and for the first time, we're beginning to understand what "change" means to him...

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Statement by Maine AFL-CIO President Ed Gorham on Sen. John McCain's Trip to Colombia and Mexico

By Heidi M. Mitchell - July 1, 2008 - 4:51pm

Tags: John McCain, Maine AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO, Ed Gorham, NAFTA, Colombia, Mexico, union, Labor, working families,Top Story: Breaking,

Release Date: Jul 1 2008

Today Sen. John McCain leaves for a trip to Colombia and Mexico, demonstrating once again just how out of touch he is with working families in Maine and across the country. Mainers have been wounded by bad trade deals over and over again, watching their jobs go overseas and their communities crumble, yet McCain continues to enthusiastically support the proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and celebrate the horrible effects of NAFTA.

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AFL-CIO Votes to Endorse Senator Barack Obama for President

By Heidi M. Mitchell - June 26, 2008 - 3:36pm

Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, AFL-CIO, Labor, working families, EFCA, union, workers,Top Story: Breaking,

Release Date: Jun 26 2008

AFL-CIO Votes to Endorse Senator Barack Obama for President, Endorsement Triggers Largest Ever Mobilization of Working Families

AFL-CIO Program to Reach Union Voters Nationwide, 13 Million in 24 Priority States

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Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Action Fund Ratifies Endorsement of Barack Obama

By cquint - June 23, 2008 - 2:30pm

Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 2008 Presidential Campaign, reproductive rights, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, choice,Top Story: Breaking,

Release Date: Jun 23 2008

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Action Fund Board ratifies national endorsement of Barack Obama for President

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June 19, 2008 - 7:26am

Is Barack Obama the next Ronald Reagan?

By Wally Edge

Category: President Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Joe Lieberman, Scott Rasmussen

Obama, on the other hand, is a fairly reliable liberal. His speeches, however, clearly connect well with the voters -- and not just liberals. If the Rasmussen numbers are to be believed, then it means that Obama's rhetoric of "Hope, change and turn the page" is working with Maine's middle of the road voters.

It is worth noting, that twenty-two points is not an impossible number to reach, Ronald Reagan won Maine in 1984 with 61 to 39 trouncing of Walter Mondale.

Is Barack Obama the next Ronald Reagan? Is John McCain the next Walter Mondale?

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