Maine GOP Convention

Syndicated conservative columnist Cal Thomas has written a piece about the Maine Republican Convention. He interviews Sen. Susan Collins and Party Chairman Mark Ellis about the party’s shift to the left.

Thomas spoke to convention-goers this weekend.

He writes:

We had lots of posts from the GOP convention, and plan to have just as much for the Democrats in a few weeks.

Links to stories:

Photos from the Maine GOP Convention. Click here to see all of our photos on Flickr.

A group of firefighters met U.S. Sen. Susan Collins outside the Civic Center. The all wore shirts, “Firefighters for Susan Collins”.

Sen. Susan Collins used her convention speech to differentiate herself from potential opponent U.S. Rep. Tom Allen. She talked about her record and criticized him for voting against a number of bills, including warrantless wiretapping of overseas communication and to condemn a MoveOn.org ad. She criticized him for leaving the Armed Services Committee to join the Energy Committee.

Sen. Susan Collins mentioned this post by PolitickerME’s Wally Edge on the convention floor Saturday. Check out video of her comment below.

On Day 2 of the Maine GOP Convention U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe applauded a number of people and groups who she said will help make this year a banner year for Republicans.

GOP convention officials were facing tight time constraints after elections for national committeeman and committeewoman took far longer than expected on Friday. They decided to cut speeches by congressional candidates back by a couple of minutes.

This did not sit well with a lot of people. The candidates were then allowed to speak again at the district caucuses the following day.