Bob Monks was the $$$ behind the Republican purge of conservatives in the Maine GOP in the 90’s. John Hathaway would be our US Senator (instead of Collins), and we’d have a large vocal and effective conservative presence in Augusta if it wasn’t this slime and his ilk. The character assassination and other tactics he and his paid people minions let loose of the true Republicans in this state will NOT be forgotten, but will be acknowledged as successful.
Hathaway had a fair message but if you've been (falsely) accused of improprieties with a teen babysitter you need to get that info out into the public early, not wait for it to come out on the eve of the election.
Jock McKernan - Snowe et al made it very difficult for Republicans to have success anywhere to the right of them.