Maine Political Blogwire

updated at 13:37

• Caption Contest Winner Announced

  —Daily Bag Limit

  First, things first… how about a shout-out to our friends in New Orleans? Nice job Saints… let the good times roll. Colts fans have reason to hold their heads high also.

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  Posted: February 09, 2010, 12:37pm EST
  by Steve Remington

• Hypocrisy Watch

  —Collins Watch

  For the Maine audience, Sen. Collins shelves the McCarthy-inspired rhetoric about the Christmas Day bombing in favor of a slightly more nuanced argument, albeit one riddled with holes and distortions.
  

  Still no explanation for why she's appalled at the Obama administration for following the Bush approach (which she never [...]

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  Posted: February 09, 2010, 11:21am EST
  

• Collins' Blind Spot

  —Collins Watch

  After campaigning for and winning reelection as a results-oriented centrist who brings people together to get things done, Sen. Collins has spent the last two weeks spouting often-false, ultra-partisan talking points and making objectively ludicrous, hyperbole-laden assertions like, "this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands" [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 9:33pm EST
  

• Oh Dear

  —Collins Watch

  Greg Sargent breaks some news:Senator Susan Collins, who's emerged as a leading critic of the decision to Mirandize the bomb plot suspect, raised no concerns about his handling while being briefed on Christmas Day about his capture on a private call with a top Homeland Security official, a source [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 8:10pm EST