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Angus King (running for ME. senate seat) picks Democratic & Republican campaign aides (Original Post) Hawaii Hiker Mar 2012 OP
Where does it say anything about he'll caucus half the time with dems and half w/ reps?? WI_DEM Mar 2012 #1

WI_DEM

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1. Where does it say anything about he'll caucus half the time with dems and half w/ reps??
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 12:28 PM
Mar 2012

it doesn't work that way. He would have to join one or the other--or not join any. All it says here is he has picked dem and gop campaign aides. It says nothing of where he will caucus. Here is what it does say:

"In a move that will keep them guessing in Washington," the Portland Press Herald reports Maine U.S. Senate candidate Angus King (I) "has named two new campaign aides: one a Democrat and one a Republican."

"It will be difficult for King to operate in the Senate without joining either the Democratic and Republican caucus, since the party caucuses make committee assignments. Many Democrats are hoping the socially liberal, but more fiscally conservative, former Maine independent governor joins the Democratic caucus. King supported George W. Bush in 2000, but Democrat John Kerry in 2004 and he is backed Barack Obama in 2008 and this year."

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