Fighting for Maine taxpayers

As campaign director for Mills for Maine, I've been at a lot of Republican events and have been able to listen to all the Republican gubernatorial hopefuls.

One thing that makes Peter stand out from the others is that, where they're saying what they will do at the state level, Peter's the only one that can show what he has done. In Peter's latest email, he says:

Last week I delivered the Maine Senate Republican Radio Address. Once again Baldacci is trying to borrow money to pay for his current budget. He did this in 2003 when he tried to permanently sell off the state's liquor business. He did it again in 2005 when he tried to borrow $447M by selling off the Lottery for 14 years. We stopped him both times, the latter with the well-known "Don't Mortgage ME" campaign.

Now he wants to borrow money from future taxpayers to fund a longevity benefit to the most senior members of the public unions, to those who helped get him elected, to those who will work on Democratic campaigns in 2010. None of the younger people in the unions, those with families, will be able to share in this benefit. What does this say about the Democrats' priorities?

Peter led the fight in 2003. Peter led the "Don't Mortage ME" fight in 2005. He even stood up to the unions in 2008...and won.

Now Peter's standing up to Gov. Baldacci's attempt to benefit union cronies.

Given his record, I bet he'll win this one too.

And that's why he's the right Republican to be governor of Maine. The other candidates can say what they want, but Peter's the only one with a successful track record of a 15-year battle to bring fiscal responsibility to state government. He's already saved hundreds of millions of dollars for Maine's tax payers.

He'll do that even more when elected Governor.

You can hear Peter's entire Republican radio address here on the MillsForMaine.com site.

While there, you can also sign up to receive Peter's email updates:
http://www.millsformaine.com/join.

Peter Mills listed as the Republican front runner

There are people who are professional political pundits, and they know their stuff.

So it's particularly encouraging when a site like the Center for Politics considers the Maine gubernatorial race.

It's even more encouraging, when it lists Peter Mills as the frontrunner in the Republican nomination!

You can see the post at: http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/ljs2010020401/

19 caucuses all over the state

Yesterday was quite a day! The Mills for Maine covered 19 with Peter at as many as possible and great volunteers speaking on his behalf at even more.

The Bangor Daily News posted this article about a straw poll in Bangor. Apparently, from the 200 people in attendance, Steve Abbot got 24 votes; Paul Lepage 10; Peter Mills & Bill Beardsley 3 each. Les Otten & Brian Polonquin didn't get any.

I think the real story is that only 40 out of 200 voted. That means 80% of the most likely voters are still undecided.

That's good for us. People are really resonating with Peter's theme of fixing the state and rebuilding Maine.

Road to the Blaine House

It's been a full week with great events. It's fun being around such a diverse group of people who are ready for a change and convivced Peter's the one to bring that change about.

If you haven't gotten to meet him yet, Time Warner is airing the first in a new series by Mal Leary. The series, "Road to the Blaine House," will feature Peter in it's premiere episode tonight at 6:30.

I don't have TW but I'd love to hear how it is!

TW and Mal Leary don't seem to have anything on the web about this new show but MPBN posted a bit on their Maine Headline News page.

Mills projected to win in Maine

Ok, so it's really early to be doing projections. With 20+ candidates in the field, there is a lot of winnowing yet to be done.

But that didn't stop the folks at PoliticalDog101.com. Acknowledging the crowded field, they still project Peter Mills to be the next governor of Maine.

You can see the post here SE on the Political Races in Maine.

A new adventure

This week I became the campaign director for Peter Mill's run for governor of Maine!

He's the smartest politician I've seen in a long time. I've long admired Peter's ability to comprehend issues, navigate through them, and develop a plan to fix them. He's the type of Republican that can get elected in Maine. And he's representative of the traditional Republican party, before it got hijacked by social issues.

In her book It's My Party Too, Republican Christine Todd Whitman makes a distinction between traditional conservatives and social fundamentalists. I joined the Republican party because I'm for conservative fiscal policy and less government. But I've been increasingly disenfranchised by my party as it's gotten waylaid by social fundamentalists.

While I agree on many of the issues of social fundamentalists, their agenda seems to result in increasing both government spending and government intervention in our personal lives. I reject both.

The worst part is the self-righteousness that social fundamentalists seem to get drunk with. I reject that too. (Extremist politics seems to be prone to self-righteousness, doesn't it?)

I like Peter's blend of fiscal conservatism and social libertarianism. That's the kind of leadership Maine needs. Peter has great experience running his own business. He also has experience working in state government. So he's uniquely suited to avoid rabbit trails other candidates would be prone to run down. If you listen to some candidates, you'll hear campaign promises that couldn't possibly be fulfilled within the Maine constitution. Peter won't be distracted that way.

He has the courage and integrity needed to lead Maine.

And I'm honored to be able to help him become the next governor of this great state!