Submitted by Mike Tipping on December 3, 2008 - 7:38pm
Al Diamon has two legislative sources that say the A.J. Higgins story played a "significant role" in preventing Rep. Sean Faircloth from becoming Attorney General.
Faircloth didn't sit back and take it when the story came out, however. He and Sen. Joe Perry (also of Bangor) distributed this letter refuting the charges made in the piece and alleging that his Democratic opponents participated in the attacks.
Now that the race is over, PolitickerME reports that Brautigam is open to being appointed U.S. Attorney.
It's a sad day in Maine when
It's a sad day in Maine when a poorly researched and inaccurate hatchet job of a man who has done so much for this state is instrumental in his defeat.