The Race for Governor

Yesterday I was able to speak to Matt Jacobson, his website is as follows: http://www.jacobsonforgovernor.com/

At the Bangor GOP meeting he spoke, and is the second running Republican candidate for governor of Maine. My initial gut reaction: too idealist. Now this may be a good or a bad thing, but he believes Maine has a goal to reach, a vision of connecting with the world and being world-class in as much as possible. His goal for Maine is noble and I agree with it, however the fundamentals and practicality of some of his ideas seem to be business, not asministratively, possible. However there is still time.

Despite this, personally Matt is very approachable. He seems, not as bluntly as others, to be annoyed, fed up, irritated with the state as it stands. He definately believes Baldacci has not done enough on the LNG Terminal situation and believes that should have been easy to accomplish with Canada. He did note that Canada does have an issue, and we should be sensitive to it, from a disaster which, after some research, I have been unable to find information on.

A note about the LNG terminal is that Canada has approved it, but the Passamaquody tribe has only recently sold the land where it was to be built. The discussion at the GOP meeting with a Maine state senator, a Maine state representative, and a candidate for governor, among all of us, did not even mention this. The group seemed to focus on the initial environmental opposition in Canada which approved the plan in 2008. I didn't know this until I looked it up, and hopefully you've learned something here too.

Finally in my initial reaction, the core Republican values got a different response. The basis of the Republican Party, and I'm sure the issue would be similar for Democrats, but for the Republican Party the focus on a reason for being seems to be lacking among its members. I'll list MY Republican values (based on a quote from Ronald Reagan) once more:

1. Limited Government
2. Lower Taxes
3. Strong Military
4. Pro-Growth Policies
5. Maximum Individual Liberty

In the next week I will be clarifying the missing parts of the Bruce Poliquin interview, and make a transcript of this interview and meeting that way a comparison can be made, however should another Republican candidate become known to me I will attempt to arrange an interview with that candidate before I post the other two. I have a little personal rule: get as many as possible up to three before posting. This way there can be fundamental comparisons, and examinations of differences between the candidates. Thank you for reading and have a good day.