le page was nowhere near a majority. and since then as his amazing raging governorship has unfolded, that winning with 38% of the vote thing has reminded some mainers to remind others that they did not vote for that guy. they by a large majority chose somebody else when they went to vote for governor. his approval ratings are about the same now as the results were then, which is to say kind of low. he s not very popular. he very likely got into office because of that weird dynamic of that three-way race back in 2010. so now he s running for reelection. how about a replay of that exact same dynamic. the field includes republican paul le page, again, and that same moderate independent guy from last time who s running again. now, though, the democrat is a different candidate. the democrat this time is a
maine is roughly 7%. mitt romney was never one to strive for accuracy, either. perhaps it s why he lost the election. if paul lepage thinks taking a page out of mitt romney s failed playbook is going to win him ta page out of the romney playbook is going to win him votes, he can keep on pretending. energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we ve added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we re sharing what we ve learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger.
. in pretenders tonight, republican governor paul le page of maine. the governor of maine seems to forget mitt romney s 47% comments cost him the election. le page told a conservative woman s group nearly half the people in maine don t work. 47% of able-bodied people in the state of maine don t work. what? about 47%. oh. it s really bad. hello? anybody home? governor le page clearly isn t aware of his state s labor department. if he bothered to check the facts, he would find that 65% of people in maine are employed or it actively seeking work. he would also know that 35% of mainers are retired. caring for family members or pursuing education. the actual unemployment rate in
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water today for allegedly claiming in a speech at eight private fund-raiser that president obama hates white people. while the event was closed to the press, word of the remark leaked to the portland press newspaper which confirmed it with two other republican lawmakers who were present at the time. according to the herald, lepage talked how obama could have been the best president ever if he had highlighted his by racial heritage. he said the president hasn t done than because he hates white people. lepage is up for re-election in 2014 and has a 39% approval rating which makes him one of the most unpopular governors in the u.s. he has since denied he made the remark. we ll find out whether he did or not. apparently there are a number of witnesses who said he did exactly that. more evidence by the way that the planet is getting warmer right now. global warming is here and we are responsible. why are so many republicans in denial? you re watching hardball, the place for politics. i