The Talk of Maine piece on the results of Maine\u27s Republican gubernatorial pri

The Talk of Maine piece on the results of Maine\u27s Republican gubernatorial primary, in which Waterville Mayor Paul LePage, supported by many Tea Party advocates, vanquished six other candidates by a large margin. The primary suggested Maine\u27s moderate GOP might be undergoing a conservative realignment. Voters endorsed a platform that called for sealing U.S. borders, investigating the global warming myth, and eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Reserve, among other planks. In Somerset County, Republican candidate Peter Mills described an extreme right wing takeover of the organization