Herb Hoffman not feeling the love from the Dems

According to a press release from the Hoffman campaign, the Democrats have filed a last minute challenge to the signatures turned in by Mr. Hoffman. A successful challenge would prevent him from obtaining ballot status for the US Senate race in Maine.

Mr. Hoffman describes the charges as frivolous and is confident that he will be on the ballot. Mr. Hoffman notes that, "Among the petitions Knutson wants voided, for instance, were those with 157 signatures collected one day from individuals who lived in 20 different towns." While that might sound odd, it's called "standing in front of Shaw's" and I have no doubt that Mr. Hoffman is standing on solid ground with that one.

I understand that the Democrats want to be sure that Mr. Hoffman is properly on the ballot, and that party leadership has a responsibility to make sure that is the case. I'm just not sure I would be poking a hornet's nest that is located so far away from any voters. If people hadn't heard of Herb before today, they will soon. He is about to get a lot of free press, and if the press release is any indication of his temperament towards the democratic establishment, it's going to sting.