The voters have spoken. A committed and loud minority of teabaggers combined with a few angry independents have elected Paul LePage as the Governor of Maine with 38% of the vote (independent Eliot Cutler came in second with 37%), as well as a new Republican legislature, after eight years of an admittedly unpopular Democratic governor (John Baldacci). As a result, education is about to take a helmet to helmet hit. LePage was the beneficiary of a perfect storm of anti-incumbent anger and a five way race that gave him an advantage because of his committed base who would gladly buy dotcom stocks from him if given the opportunity.
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