Eliot Cutler (pictured), who’s running as an independent in the Maine gubernatorial race, said that he’s making an announcement on Wednesday.
There were few details about exactly what the announcement would be but Cutler has acted as something of a spoiler in the race between Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME), and incumbent Gov. Paul LePage (R).
The press conference was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Maine.
The TPM Polltracker finds Michaud leading the rest of the field by just 0.3 points.
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We’re less than a week before elections…what could he possibly announce now that he couldn’t already before?
As for the Maine gov race; the quaranteed nurse was sent home there and now people are mad because there are reports that she refuses to quarantine herself. I think LePage can use that to his (electoral) advantage.
TPM reports that Cutler’s been a bit of a spoiler but doesn’t bother to include a spoiler for whom. It would be nice to get some sense of which direction the votes might shift if Cutler drops out of the race.
How does Cutler’s 14.6% break out when he withdraws?
Yes, that’s the question: what could he announce and, if he withdraws, how does his bloc break?
Prediction (based on absolutely no expertise): he pulls out, does not make a strong endorsement of either, urges voters to “vote their conscience,” his bloc largely breaks for Michaud, and six months after Michaud wins, Cutler gets a plum state-appointed job.
His announcement was that no fucking way will he get out, but in fact he’s in it to win it, and people should “vote their conscience”.
Rumors of there being a big duffel bag of LePageBucks next to him are so far unsubstantiated.