How can Maine get rid of this guy?

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Some in GOP fed up with Maine’s bombastic governor

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s bombastic leadership style long ago alienated Democrats. Now even some in his own party are fed up, saying his high-profile antics have squandered his political capital.

Critics say his decision to retreat to his office and issue a flurry of vetoes shows a lack of leadership and that his attacks on fellow Republicans are counterproductive. Finally, they say his latest actions, including meddling in a charter school’s personnel decisions, are distracting from his agenda.

“There are members of the Legislature that have stood beside Gov. LePage through thick and thin that are saying that they are done with him. That’s something that I’ve never heard before,” said Lance Dutson, a Republican strategist who worked on several high-profile political campaigns, including those of Maine Sen. Susan Collins and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte.

Some say the damage that he’s inflicted on his relationship with the Legislature could make it more difficult for him to accomplish his policy goals throughout his remaining three and a half years in office.

“I think that he should be concerned,” said Sen. Tom Saviello, a moderate Republican who’s often at odds with LePage.

LePage has frustrated lawmakers by threatening to veto every bill until the Legislature passes one of his top priorities and acknowledging that he was just trying to waste lawmakers’ time with his dozens of line-item budget vetoes he knew would be overturned. He publicly attacked Senate Republicans for not standing up for tax cuts and suggested the top Democrat on the budget-writing committee become a pig farmer because she filled the spending plan with so much “pork.”

Earlier this month, he hung lawmakers’ pictures on a Christmas tree outside his Statehouse office to scold them for giving themselves gifts in the state budget instead of funding his priorities. And this week, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives accused him of blackmailing a school for at-risk youth by threatening to withhold state funds unless they fired him for the top job there. House Speaker Mark Eves says he’s considering suing LePage.

After that incident, Saviello said LePage took partisan politics so a “new, dark level.” GOP Sen. Roger Katz called his actions “personal, angry and vindictive.” A Maine newspaper splashed the headline “Gov. LeRage.” Another newspaper’s editorial board suggested that he should be investigated for possible impeachment.

LePage’s strong-arm tactics have often backfired, observers say, pushing Republicans to join Democrats more often than not to override the more than 100 vetoes he has issued so far this session.

http://wbay.com/ap/some-in-gop-fed-up-with-maines-bombastic-governor/

[HassleCat]

1. Oh sure, NOW you notice.

I bet they loved him back when he was attracting those Tea Party voters. I bet they were quick to excuse his extremism and craziness. Now the cuckoo has come home to roost.

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2. Voting

Perhaps voters there will get it right, they had 2 shots and failed both times.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Let him stay. Let him twist in the wind.

Give the voters a good dose of what they bought.

Twice they elected this idiot. Let him make it so bad they'll never elect a teabagger again.

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4. Be careful what you vote for.

You might get it.