Angus King

Not those Eagles. No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let's be clear. We're talking about the Music Eagles, Hotel California, not the Philadelphia Eagles. Oh, no.

Good trouble, I hope, as John Lewis would say.

Good trouble, I hope, as John Lewis would say.

Good trouble, I hope, as John Lewis would say.

Good evening and welcome to the inaugural edition of Maine Watch. I'm Angus King. I was a PBS TV talk show host in Maine for 15 years. And Pablo, that goes to people say, well, why did you decide to run for office? And I'll bet you this has crossed your mind because it finally occurred to me after interviewing politicians for 15 years that my questions were better than their answers.

Good evening and welcome to the inaugural edition of Maine Watch. I'm Angus King. I was a PBS TV talk show host in Maine for 15 years. And Pablo, that goes to people say, well, why did you decide to run for office? And I'll bet you this has crossed your mind because it finally occurred to me after interviewing politicians for 15 years that my questions were better than their answers.

Good evening and welcome to the inaugural edition of Maine Watch. I'm Angus King. I was a PBS TV talk show host in Maine for 15 years. And Pablo, that goes to people say, well, why did you decide to run for office? And I'll bet you this has crossed your mind because it finally occurred to me after interviewing politicians for 15 years that my questions were better than their answers.

I said, hell, I can do this.

I said, hell, I can do this.

I said, hell, I can do this.

I've been an independent for 35 or 40 years from the time I ran for governor of Maine in 1994. I served eight years as an independent governor. By the way, I found it was a big advantage because I could appoint people, whoever I thought was best for the job, rather than a member of one or the other of the parties.

I've been an independent for 35 or 40 years from the time I ran for governor of Maine in 1994. I served eight years as an independent governor. By the way, I found it was a big advantage because I could appoint people, whoever I thought was best for the job, rather than a member of one or the other of the parties.

I've been an independent for 35 or 40 years from the time I ran for governor of Maine in 1994. I served eight years as an independent governor. By the way, I found it was a big advantage because I could appoint people, whoever I thought was best for the job, rather than a member of one or the other of the parties.

And then I had 10 years of teaching and business and a whole bunch of other things, then sort of, somewhat to my surprise, ended up running for the U.S. Senate in 2012.

And then I had 10 years of teaching and business and a whole bunch of other things, then sort of, somewhat to my surprise, ended up running for the U.S. Senate in 2012.

And then I had 10 years of teaching and business and a whole bunch of other things, then sort of, somewhat to my surprise, ended up running for the U.S. Senate in 2012.

What I try to do is whatever I think is right. If I had to put my philosophy on a bumper sticker, it would be I call them as I see them. In recent years, full disclosure, I voted more often with the Democrats because in recent years, the Republicans haven't given me a hell of a lot that I felt like voting for.

What I try to do is whatever I think is right. If I had to put my philosophy on a bumper sticker, it would be I call them as I see them. In recent years, full disclosure, I voted more often with the Democrats because in recent years, the Republicans haven't given me a hell of a lot that I felt like voting for.

What I try to do is whatever I think is right. If I had to put my philosophy on a bumper sticker, it would be I call them as I see them. In recent years, full disclosure, I voted more often with the Democrats because in recent years, the Republicans haven't given me a hell of a lot that I felt like voting for.

One of the points I tried to make in this course was that leadership isn't just a general on a white horse or a senator or a president. In fact, when I first was approached by the president of Bowdoin to teach there, he said, well, of course, you'll be teaching political science, right? I said, no, I'd like to teach about leadership because I think it's so important.