From Austin Cassidy at Uncovered Politics:
The Bangor Daily News, Maine’s most-read newspaper, has again endorsed Independent Eliot Cutler for governor. The paper first backed Cutler during his 2010 bid.
The editorial urged voters not to fall into the trap of the wasted vote syndrome, stressing that it is not a “mistake” to vote for a candidate that you support…
As this election season winds down, voters have been bombarded with television ads, and they’ve watched the three candidates for governor deride, question and high-five each other at forums and debates. What they’ve seen is a Democrat, Mike Michaud, who struggles to grasp and articulate policy details or explain his thin record of accomplishment in Congress, and a Republican incumbent, Paul LePage, who continues chasing the demons of welfare fraud and illegal immigration without offering forward-looking policies on what matters most to Mainers — creating jobs and improving the economy.
Voters deserve better. They have that better choice in independent Eliot Cutler.
I’ve already seen plenty of dems blaming Cutler for staying in and helping LePage to get reelected. Never mind the fact that Cutler came in second last time, ahead of the Democrat, who if anything was clearly “taking” votes from him. Partisans seem content to dismiss this.