Maybe they didn't work with him because he was insane? The most successful and popular Maine governor in my memory was independent Angus King. He was able to work with both sides of the isle (worked with the D's heavily on green energy, environmental protection, etc; worked with the R's on more 'business friendly' initiatives). He's one of our Senators now, and the righties in Maine complain that he is just a Democrat but plays the independent card for electoral benefit . the truth is the R's have gone off the deep end and he has very little he can work with them on now.