AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says with a laugh that he wants to use the guillotine to execute drug dealers at public executions.
The governor's office said Tuesday the remark during a radio interview on WVOM was just a joke to illustrate his support for tougher penalties for drug crimes.
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump expressed no regrets about skipping a debate, and then he skipped out on most of his rivals in Iowa. Ted Cruz showed off his fundraising haul, while most presidential competitors in both parties hustled through the state in a last-minute scramble to win over fence-sitters before Monday's crucial caucuses.
With a long weekend of campaigning left, the candidates planned a full slate of get-out-the-vote events, television ads and vigorous expectation setting — all part of efforts to emerge from the Iowa voting with some momentum and a slice of the spotlight.
