why aren't the dems helping Jean Hay Brite of Maine?

[donsu]

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/mailbag/212


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Subject: Maine Senate Race

Looks like Olympia Snowe might be going down. Not beaten by her opponent but losing for the company she keeps. In the summer Maine internal polls had Snowe at about 72%. Now, 53%. Her tv spot says independent..no mention of republican. Yet she votes for republican issues some 80% of the time She won't meet with the families of our troops. I think this is where she messed herself up. This is the most loyal state in the union to our enlisted men and women.

Snowe's opponent Jean Hay Brite is my kind of candidate! Organic farmer, peace advocate..not into big corporations. So, of course she gets no money from the DNC. That's kind of a story in itself.

If Ms. Hay Brite did have some money she could run a tv spot that would win her the election.The softwood lumber business is dying out in the US thanks to NAFTA. Mills are closing up all over country and the woodsmen are getting less money for the wood. It's about the last way to make money here in Maine. I read on the internet that Bush gave even more concessions to Canada for 450 million dollars. A canadian on raw story's comments also mentioned the bribe. This money has no congressional oversight.

Remember when Al Gore made phone calls out of Blair house for campaign funds?. Guess the phone bills at taxpayer expense was too much for the liberal media. Was in the news a lot. A spot with this info would win Ms Hay Brite the senate. Think the DNC wants to help? Not a dime. Thanks for reading this.

Martha Thacker
Prentiss Twp, ME

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[Tiggeroshii]

1. They outta.

A Repub is aRepub especially when the Repub pres is doing bad. Snowe is as vulnerable as the rest of them due to current conditions.

[acmejack]

2. Perhaps because there is no candidate by that name?

Here is the story from Jean herself. Jean Hay Bright

[Greeby]

3. Website here

http://www.jeanhaybright.us/

As she makes ending the war and impeachment central parts of her platform, I can why Schumer's DSCC ain't helping. But what about all the other groups?

[madfloridian]

5. Has she asked various groups for help?

You have to make contact with those groups and ask for endorsement. For example, if you have a local or county DFA you need to go to the meetings and ask.

[MaineDem]

8. Emily's List said she has to raise a lot of money first

I'm disappointed in them. They won't endorse her unless Jean raises a certain amount of money first. It's a very difficult race and a very difficult effort to raise donations.

We're doing what we can to help Jean out. All contributions, no matter how samll, are very much appreciated. If Jean's campaign can show a rise in donations other money might flow it.

We really don't want Olympia back!

[snowbear]

4. Well.. to be honest, you do have to focus on locations that are winnable

As far as financial resources anyway..

Survey USA shows her with a 72% approval rating, the second highest of all Republican senators.

I guess I can't really blame the DCCC for dumping the $$$$$ into races that are more vunerable (like Tennessee, Virginia, Montana, Rhode Island, etc.) :shrug:

[Blue_In_AK]

6. The Democratic party isn't helping Alaska's house candidate

either -- not even the state dems. For the first time since 1990, we actually have a good legitimate candidate running against that idiot Don Young, and the Alaska Democratic Party is laying down like a bunch of whipped dogs. The good news is that Diane Benson is presently enjoying a groundswell of grassroots support, so hopefully we can do it without the big bucks from the party. It makes me sick, though.

[snowbear]

7. They think it's a lost cause.. I'm impressed thought at how many...

...Diane Benson signs are all over Anchorage!

=SHOCKED= .. because that slug Don Young has been around forever... but really delighted in seeing signs for her EVERYWHERE!

I think she's going to have massive support in native villages as well. (With the exception of Fort Yukon where Young's wife is from)

~~~Go Diane Go~~~

[Blue_In_AK]

12. The mole Republican within Diane's campaign

says she has huge support from Palin backers, as well. We'll take it where we can get it. Did you read the article in the paper this morning about Don Young not questioning the BP guys yesterday?

http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/8192414p-8085097c.html

I LOVE this quote....

Before he left the hearing, Young, noting the presence of network TV crews, took a moment to reflect on his thoughts regarding climate change, citing the benefit of global warming -- not caused by man -- in another eon to an area that today is frozen much of the year. "We're dealing with the most northern part of the United States of America, and a most hostile climate, and we're pumping oil, and I'd just like to remind them if they're asked where did the oil come from, and I would say this to Al Gore specifically: This was a jungle at one time, this was a forest at one time, this was a fern-laden area with mammoths at one time, and that's really why we're pumping oil," he said.

Next to speak was the committee's ranking Democrat, James Oberstar of Minnesota, who reminded Young that while global warming might have been good for fern jungles, human civilization is another story.

"That happened years ago," Oberstar said. "The place was uninhabited by humans at that time."


Don Young is an embarrassment to thinking people everywhere. :crazy:

[brentspeak]

9. Democrats need to get their act in order. No state should be uncontested

[madfloridian]

11. That is the goal of the DNC now.

And they are helping her through the coordinated state party efforts.

[madfloridian]

10. She says Dean is helping through the state...read this.

"The Maine Democratic Party is fully behind this campaign. In fact, the Maine Democratic State Committee in August passed a resolution in support of the campaign, as a signal to the Washington groups that they should get on board.

The Hay Bright campaign is a full participant in Maine's Democratic Coordinated Campaign, which is being staffed and funded in large part by the Democratic National Committee. Under the leadership of Howard Dean, the DNC is providing staff help directly to all 50 state Democratic committees, including staffing in Maine.

We are also working closely with the Baldacci, Allen and Michaud campaign teams. We are working with all the county and town committees, and with all the candidates for state house and county offices.

But it's true, some national Democratic and progressive organizations that should be in our camp have not been very helpful or forthcoming.

For instance, we are getting no support from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), which is a separate operation from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DSCC is raising money in Maine for its own purposes, but, despite the organization's stated goal of helping to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate, and despite crowing about raising more money than its Republican counterpart, has told us outright it will do nothing to help our campaign."

So to those who can't tell the various groups apart yet, you need to read this.

http://www.jeanhaybright.us/blog.html#Sep3