Kennebec Journal (Maine): GOP asks: Where's our future?

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"The way Scott Fish sees it, there are three -- or four -- branches of the Maine Republican Party.

There are the House Republicans, the Senate Republicans, the state party, and when they control the governor's office, the executive branch.

Fish, a Dixmont conservative who runs an online forum where fellow believers rant, rave and occasionally praise elected officials, said the party is fractured."

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"Republicans in Maine will have to find a way past the hard feelings caused by President Bush if they are going to be successful, said Sen. Peter Mills, R-Cornville.

As he put it, Maine Republicans are going through "a real big down cycle."

"They are frustrated because the national administration has sent the party into the doldrums," he said. "The frustration is that there's a sense the state needs Republican help, and it's hard to deliver it when you are a party under a brand name that is not polling well.""

http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/3831472.html

Alex

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