Maine Deserves Younger Candidates for Office

‘Thinking About' Running For Office In Maine? Either Do It Or Don't, but Dithering Impresses No One

Remember the good ole days in Maine when would-be politicians would run for office on nothing but grit – knowing they were acting against all odds but didn’t care? When they didn’t “test the waters” and hire high-priced pollsters to gauge whether they could win? When they eschewed political norms and didn’t care whether they [...] The post ‘Thinking About’ Running For Office In Maine? Either Do It Or Don’t, but Dithering Impresses No One appeare…

Maine deserves younger candidates for office

Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely love Gov. Janet Mills. I would put a statue of her up in Monument Square. But as an 80-year-old myself, I can say that she is too old to run for office. Please don’t bring up Bernie Sanders, who can stand for elder exceptionalism all by himself. Let’s get […]

Michael Graham: Biden shows that 80 is too old for federal office

Remember when the rent was too damn high?