Eliot sat down with Gregg Lagerquist on WGME-13’s Political Edge segment to discuss his background as a reformer and why he is running as an Independent.
http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_3352.shtml
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Eliot sat down with Gregg Lagerquist on WGME-13’s Political Edge segment to discuss his background as a reformer and why he is running as an Independent.
http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_3352.shtml
In a recent piece, Matt Gagnon of Pine Tree Politics takes a look at who Green Party Members might vote for in the wake of Lynn Williams failure to get on the gubernatorial ballot. Much of his analysis focuses on Eliot and his likely appeal to Greens:
If Green voters are going to participate in this election, there could potentially be a perfect storm brewing around Cutler that would allow them some level of satisfaction in voting for him. Let me explain.
You can read theĀ complete article here with mention of Eliot in yellow.
The National Journal wrote a piece on the rise of three, serious Independent candidates in the New England running on a platform of pragmatic politics that makes state governance work better. Below is an excerpt from the article:
Three of them — former Democrats Eliot Cutler and Tim Cahill and former Republican Lincoln Chafee — are mounting serious third-party bids for governor in Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, respectively. All three come from established political backgrounds. Cutler worked in Democratic circles for years, including a stint at the Office of Management and Budget under President Carter. Chafee is part of a pedigreed political family. And Cahill has served as state treasurer since 2003.
You can read theĀ complete article here with mention of Eliot in yellow.