LePage suggests he may step down as Maine governor

Maine Gov. Paul LePage is suggesting he may resign in the wake of his latest scandal, saying “I think some things I’ve been asked to do are beyond my ability. I’m not going to say that I’m not going to finish it. I’m not saying that I am going to finish it.” Why has his profanity-laced voicemail tirade to a Democratic state legislator gotten him thinking about this step when so many outrageous things before it just led to LePage digging in? Maybe it’s this:

He said his impression from Monday’s meeting was that House Republicans want to “salvage what we can and move forward.” Senate Republicans, he said, are “making demands.” [...]

“It’s not about me. It’s about making sure that we can move the state forward,” he said. “It’s one thing to have one party behind (you), it’s another thing to not have any party behind you.”

Gov. LePage, Maine hasn’t been able to move forward since you were elected, but that’s nothing new—again, “since you were elected” is the key phrase. But if it’s a string of racist comments about black people being drug dealers followed by calling a state representative a “little son-of-a-bitch, socialist (expletive)” followed by telling reporters he’d like to duel said state representative that finally rids Maine of LePage, good enough.