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In reply to the discussion: LePage is heard to say Obama 'hates white people' [View all]naturallyselected
(84 posts)51. Michaud would win in a landslide if...
If Eliot Cutler decided not to run, Mike Michaud would totally humiliate the Penguin. As a moderate Democrat (and neither he nor Cutler can be called Progressive by any measure), he would get all the Democratic vote, as well as much of the non-Tea Party Republican vote.
But in a 3-way race, we could see the same thing all over again. Unlikely, because the Democrats are running a much more attractive candidate than in 2010 and LePage doesn't even have the support he had in 2010 (something like 25% approval?), but possible.
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Beck still probably thinks we're planning the white folks' holocaust or something
Blue_Tires
Aug 2013
#40
It's okay. He has an adopted black son. He's got pass to say whatever he likes about race.
Chakab
Aug 2013
#6
Why do people acted shocked when a Republican actually says what he thinks?
Snake Plissken
Aug 2013
#45
Yeah, the discussion went like this: A maine resident was speaking to Obama and said that
Filibuster Harry
Aug 2013
#55
Does anyone really believe for a second that Obama either said or thinks that. These poor old white
spicegal
Aug 2013
#65
People Believed his hype - and bought the Big Lie that Koch's DLC was "different"
HumansAndResources
Aug 2013
#69