Discussion for article #229464
We’re less than a week before elections…what could he possibly announce now that he couldn’t already before?
As for the Maine gov race; the quaranteed nurse was sent home there and now people are mad because there are reports that she refuses to quarantine herself. I think LePage can use that to his (electoral) advantage.
TPM reports that Cutler’s been a bit of a spoiler but doesn’t bother to include a spoiler for whom. It would be nice to get some sense of which direction the votes might shift if Cutler drops out of the race.
How does Cutler’s 14.6% break out when he withdraws?
Yes, that’s the question: what could he announce and, if he withdraws, how does his bloc break?
Prediction (based on absolutely no expertise): he pulls out, does not make a strong endorsement of either, urges voters to “vote their conscience,” his bloc largely breaks for Michaud, and six months after Michaud wins, Cutler gets a plum state-appointed job.
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His announcement was that no fucking way will he get out, but in fact he’s in it to win it, and people should “vote their conscience”.
Rumors of there being a big duffel bag of LePageBucks next to him are so far unsubstantiated.
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Daily Kos describes him as a left leaning Independent, and he is running against super pacs as part of his platform, so I would say he is taking votes from the Dems.
Cutler is reported to be a left leaning Independent, who is running on getting rid of super pacs in elections, so I would surmise that he is taking votes from the Dem candidate. The Daily Kos has an article about the Republicans trying to undercut the Dem by boosting Cutler, so I would say that he is taking votes from the Dem in the race.
Thanks. Of course, now that he’s announced that he’s not dropping out of the race, I guess LaPage will be the candidate that benefits. He must be more concerned with his own ego than he is with super pacs.