maine embarrasses itself...

The good people of Maine have this to answer for:

Do you want to know who to blame for the US not being optimally prepared for an influenza pandemic? Start with Republican Senator from Maine Susan Collins[.]

... which is not to absolve the Maine Democrats either. Tom Allen ran a monumentally half-assed campaign against Collins up here last year, and the Maine Dems therefore owe it to the rest of the country to find somebody better suited than nominating a milquetoast like Tom Allen for the Governor's chair next year.