Its the (Wicked Broken) Economy, Simpleton
If you are a Maine Dem, and you voted for John over Chris in the last gubernatorial primary, you simply can't read these -- Harold Meyerson (in the Washington Post) and Paul Krugman (in the New York Times), both writing about how we fix this mess. You can't read them because you tossed them both aside as utter crap 18 months ago, and voted for not-so-much-of-an-idea-man John. You "won", and Avedon Carol summarizes what you tossed aside:
Short version: Reinstate the New Deal, and add in Jimmy Carter's energy plan.
On the other hand, expecting more than a quarter of any political party's activists to see around the corner is probably unrealistic.
But caucus times approaches, and every Maine Dem has five basic choices, six counting not going to the caucuses at all: (1) go uncommitted, (2) go with John's endorsement, (3) go with John's other endorsement, all of which reject "reinstate the New Deal, and add in Jimmy Carter's energy plan", or (4) go with Edwards or (5) go with Kucinich, both of which embrace "reinstate the New Deal, and add in Jimmy Carter's energy plan".
4 or 5 is useful. 1, 2, and 3 just tread water.