Some in GOP fed up with Maine's bombastic governor

Critics say his decision to retreat to his office and issue a flurry of vetoes shows a lack of leadership and that his attacks on fellow Republicans are counterproductive.

[...] they say his latest actions, including meddling in a charter school's personnel decisions, are distracting from his agenda.

LePage has frustrated lawmakers by threatening to veto every bill until the Legislature passes one of his top priorities and acknowledging that he was just trying to waste lawmakers' time with his dozens of line-item budget vetoes he knew would be overturned.

[...] this week, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives accused him of blackmailing a school for at-risk youth by threatening to withhold state funds unless they fired him from the top job there.

LePage supporters dismiss the idea that the governor is being pushed out of the political picture, arguing there would be no income tax cuts in the budget this year if he hadn't put forward an ambitious tax overhaul plan in January.