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West Lafayette Democrats unveil their ticket
Among the candidates are eight men and women for city council.
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As Republican Gov. Paul LePage begins his second term by pushing a bold tax reform plan, some Maine Democrats are still scratching their heads about what went wrong in the November election.
The last time Maine voters elected a Democrat to a statewide office was in 2006. They won't have another opportunity until the 2018 gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races.
However, the immediate focus is on 2016 when Democrats will try to regain Maine's 2nd Congressional District and the state Senate, which they lost in November.
"I think Democrats didn't have -- from the national effort all the way down -- didn't have the enthusiasm, didn't have the fire in the belly to get out and vote like they did two years ago for President Obama," former Democratic Gov. John Baldacci said.
Baldacci was the last Democrat to be elected to statewide office when he won re-election in 2006 to the Blaine House.
Leading up to November's election, Democrats had been touting their ground game and get-out-the-vote efforts.
"But you want the candidate out there, walking up and down the streets of Bangor, Lewiston, you know? You want them out there knocking on doors and talking to people," said Baldacci.
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton all came to Maine to stump for Democrats, including gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud.
Baldacci said the candidates did not do enough to separate themselves from the establishment.
"The issues in Maine are always more important than what the political issues are in Washington," he said.
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AMES, Iowa Thirteen Iowa Democrats wearily took their seats here this weekend and discussed among themselves the source of their angst: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Im utterly tired, tired of the Clintons and the whole establishment, said Carol Brannon, 71, a retired nurse.
Anne Kinzel, 57, a former health-care lawyer, nodded sympathetically.
The hacks think Hillary is entitled to be president, Kinzel said. I think she is one of those people who has lost the sense of why they are in politics.
As Clinton prepares to launch her all-but-certain 2016 campaign, the former secretary of state remains a favorite of a vast majority of Democrats and the front-runner for the partys presidential nomination. Still, there is unease among progressives about her largely uncontested ascent.
Seeking an alternative to the juggernaut, this restless Sunday gathering at the Ames public library and others like it are popping up around the country all part of an effort to draft populist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) into the race, in spite of her insistence that she will not be a candidate.
The grass-roots movement is being coordinated by Run Warren Run, a joint project of MoveOn.org and Democracy for America, two national groups that promote liberal causes and connect activists. In recent months, they have signed up about 250,000 supporters.
Over the course of the hour-long meeting, it was clear the frustrations of the attendees here were driven not only by Clinton but also by President Obama.
Eight years after Obama first drew enormous crowds in Iowa on his way to the White House, these Democrats feel disappointed by his presidency and what they described as his lackluster attempts to champion economic populism.
In Warren, they sense theyve found a fighter and a refreshing departure from the way Obama and Clinton have addressed the rising gap between the rich and poor.
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Jewish Democrats in Congress are lining up to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus address to Congress next month.
More than half of the 27 Jewish Democrats in the House and Senatesurveyedby The Hill saytheyll attend the speech.
Only two Jewish lawmakers, so far, say theyll skip it: Sens. Brian Schatz
(D-Hawaii) and Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats.
Several Jewish members have expressed reservations about Netanyahus March 3 address, arguing it was inappropriate for the visit to be organized by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) without input from the White House.
Im deeply troubled that politics has been injected into this enduring relationship that has always been above politics, but I plan to go, said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
The Israeli government has been courting Jewish Democrats in an attempt to defuse the fallout. Six prominent Jewish House Democratsmetwith Israeli Ambassador RonDermer last week to complain about the way the invitation to speak was handled.
That meeting in Rep. Steve Israels (D-N.Y.) office was attended by fellow Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Sandy Levin (Mich.), Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), Ted Deutch (Fla.) and Nita Lowey (N.Y.).
Schatz and Sanders argue Netanyahus visit two weeks before the March 17 Israeli elections will be too politicized to merit their appearances.
I am disappointed in the Republican leaderships invitation of Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress with the apparent purpose of undermining President Obamas foreign policy prerogatives, Schatz said in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday. I will not be attending Prime Minister Netanyahus speech because it does more harm than good to the bipartisan U.S.-Israel alliance.
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