Politics in the Facebook era

Who is behind the Anyone but Dubie Facebook page?

Here's the description of the page:

Lt. Governor Brian Dube, says he wants to help Vermonters. And yet, almost everything he's done while in office has helped create the worst fiscal crisis in Vermont's history. And now he wants to be elected Governor! Not if I can help it.

The site has a bunch of homemade videos attacking the Republican candidate for governor on a variety of issues.

- Dan Barlow

Salmon's VY decommissioning report

Nearly three years in the making and it can be read and downloaded below.

Download Entergy final 8 31 2010

State Auditor Tom Salmon has also taken down the "Hofferville" section of his reelection website and replaced it with a section called, "And the survey says ..."

- Dan Barlow

Politicians and marijuana

Republican candidate for U.S. Congress Paul Beaudry smoked pot while in the military.

The reaction so far has been: So what?

But now Keith Stern, the White River Junction grocer who lost to Beaudry on primary day, says the candidate should have been more truthful. Stern said he will not support the candidate in the general election.

Here's what Stern said on the Times Argus comments section:

The man has absolutely no integrity and honor. He should have been upfront with his supporters from the start. Now the tea party groups lose credibility. Check out the Youtube video Beaudry lie that he says was doctored. It wasn't because I participated in both debates in the video. He claimed I made it which I had no prior knowledge of nor offerred my consent to.

If I lost to John Mitchell I would have been a big supporter of his. He has honor, something Beaudry knows nothing about. He cost both the Republican party and the tea parties that supported him credibility.

- Dan Barlow