Crystal Canney

Award-winning broadcast journalist and independent Maine Senate candidate. Former communications director for Gov. John Baldacci and adviser to Sen. Angus King's 2012 campaign. CEO of Knight-Canney Group.

Clean Elections: The Latest Victim of Party Politics in Maine

The partisan bickering in the Legislature has claimed another victim: Clean Elections. In 1996, Maine voters decided they’d had enough with how campaigns were funded, and they passed the

By Crystal Canney

/ June 21, 2018

Clean Elections: The Latest Victim of Party Politics in Maine

What America's Politicians Can Learn from an Unlikely Palestinian, Jewish Friendship

Imagine a friendship between the wife of a fierce Israeli military commander and the mother-in-law of the founder of Fatah and the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Impossible, it

By Crystal Canney

/ February 23, 2016

What America's Politicians Can Learn from an Unlikely Palestinian, Jewish Friendship

Waiting For The Next Car Crash, We Miss What's Really Going On In The Race

The hand wringing has already begun inside the beltway about when – and if – independent Michael Bloomberg enters the presidential race. The first question in the media revolves around who loses

By Crystal Canney

/ January 25, 2016

Waiting For The Next Car Crash, We Miss What's Really Going On In The Race

OPINION: Make America Great Again... By Looking For Another Candidate

What exactly has Donald Trump tapped into that has given him juicy front-runner status more than a year out from the 2016 presidential election? My guess is: anger. This anger

By Crystal Canney

/ August 27, 2015

OPINION: Make America Great Again... By Looking For Another Candidate