ME: Republicans Put Independent Gubernatorial Candidate Eliot Cutler Under Video Surveillance

Independent candidate for governor of Maine Eliot Cutler must be worrying the Republican Governor's Association.  From the Press Herald:

An independent candidate for governor complained to a national Republican group this week about a woman it hired to follow him and other opponents with a video camera.  Eliot Cutler called it a juvenile practice that distracts from real campaign issues and turns off voters. The Republican Governors Association had a simple response: Get used to it.

From the Cutler campaign's website:

Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler has written a letter to the chairman of the Republican Governors Association to complain about a tracker who he says lied to him about her identity.

“While I realize that the RGA — or any other group — has every right to stalk candidates with a video camera, I have to confess that I find both the practice and this manner of doing so highly objectionable,” he said in a statement. “Its only purpose — starting in March no less — is to hopefully capture a few seconds of some ‘gotcha’ moment that can be used in a 30-second negative ad this fall.”