Reply #9: Maine is kind of mix. [View All]

[freethought]

We have two Republican senators (Collins and Snowe), and our democratic rep (Allen). Snowe I can live with. She is one the last few real republican moderates. I wish they would dump Collins, she seems more interested in her status with the party and not with the state she represents.
Our governor is a Democrat, Baldacci, a good guy, but has some real problems to fix.
One reason I'll bet we keep Collins or Snowe is the impression that democrats are 'weak on defence'. The states biggest empoyer is Bath Iron Works. They build destroyers for the navy and nothing else. So for that reason Mainers tend to send the republicans back to Washington, they are trying to keep those shipyards running.
Personally, I believe Bath Iron Work's days are numbered and the number of those days are not as many as the people would like to think. There is still military consolidation going on. Our neghbor to the south, New Hampshire just lost Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, this time it looks like for good.