{"id":32691,"date":"2020-02-21T09:11:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=32691"},"modified":"2020-02-21T09:11:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:11:23","slug":"sara-gideon-vs-the-pearl-cluther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/sara-gideon-vs-the-pearl-cluther\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Gideon Vs The Pearl Cluther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone in the world is annoyed with Maine Senator Susan Collins. She is constantly pausing to grab the nearest string of pearls, to clutch vibrantly in front of whatever media outlet is watching. Then when push comes to shove, or as they say in Maine, it&#8217;s time to cut bait or fish, she&#8217;s back in the lobster boat pulling traps for Mitch or Donnie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32692\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/sara-gideon-vs-the-pearl-cluther\/screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22.png?fit=391%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"391,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22.png?fit=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22.png?fit=391%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22-188x300.png?resize=188%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22.png?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-21_09-09-22.png?w=391&amp;ssl=1 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>A recent poll shows that one of the handful of challengers that have emerged to replace Collins, Sara Gideon, has pulled neck and neck. Or, as they say in Maine, this race has become tighter than bark on a tree. Collins is in a gaum at 42% and Sara Gideon is happier than a clam at high tide with 43%.  That difference is just a dite, but considering Collins&#8217; last election, it feels a like christly big gap.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Collins left her opponent, Shenna Bellows, in the culch with a 36% margin.  Being neck and neck with Collins in this most recent poll is a wicked pissah.<\/p>\n<p>The poll is <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudup.com\/iPXgss0Qy-B?fbclid=IwAR2114CTZvn4wT2l3Lu6SzjrUw2B6em3YKyuaxpP-sr7JAXd38XwurrYDzI\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gideon&#8217;s campaign site is <a href=\"https:\/\/saragideon.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A dictionary of Maine terms that will help you translate this post is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlyinyourstate.com\/maine\/13-own-language-me\/\">heah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/pulse\/mini-guide-maine-english\/\">heah<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/midcoastmillennial.bangordailynews.com\/2015\/06\/01\/home\/the-outta-statahs-guide-to-maine-slang\/\">heah<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmaine.net\/page\/157\/maine-slang\">heah<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone in the world is annoyed with Maine Senator Susan Collins. She is constantly pausing to grab the nearest string of pearls, to clutch vibrantly in front of whatever media outlet is watching. Then when push comes to shove, or as they say in Maine, it&#8217;s time to cut bait or fish, she&#8217;s back in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/sara-gideon-vs-the-pearl-cluther\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sara Gideon Vs The Pearl Cluther<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-8vh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32695,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32691\/revisions\/32695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}