Posted on 10/02/2010 2:35:24 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Two years ago, Barack Obama and congressional Democrats rode a wave of voter disenchantment into power. Many Republicans, even in some traditional strongholds, were swept aside.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was an exception. She didn’t defeat Democrat Tom Allen. She trounced him, 61-39 percent of the vote, a landslide victory political analysts attributed to Collins’ popularity with moderates, a standing shared by her Maine colleague, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, also a Republican.
Two years later, the same moderate image that protected Collins from the blue wave could make Snowe vulnerable to the red one advanced by the tea party. The movement has already sacked several GOP moderates, raising questions about whether voices such as Collins’ and Snowe’s still have a place in the party.
The issue was made more prominent following U.S. Rep. Mike Castle’s recent defeat in Delaware’s GOP primary for the U.S. Senate. Castle’s loss produced strong comments from Collins and Snowe, who both found the outcome troubling.
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Snowe’s reaction also came on the heels of a Public Policy Polling survey that showed the majority of responding Maine Republicans would prefer a more conservative alternative in 2012. Tom Jensen, who conducted the poll, said Snowe could be in trouble if the tea party fervor extends beyond this year.
An online reader poll conducted by the Washington Post echoed that theory, showing Snowe leading the list of senators that will be targeted by the tea party next year.
All of which has given rise to speculation about Snowe’s future. Some national pundits, such as Alan Colmes, a Democrat, have said Snowe will switch parties or run as an independent to win in 2012.
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ROFLMAO!
There they go again, crying for 'unity' when the People get fed up with the elitist crap and hand them their butts on a plate.
Not THIS time, you gutless political parasites. We can no longer stomach the mushy middle!
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Maybe they got the word they are being repatriated to the King.
As much as I’d like to see both of them with giant bullseyes painted on, can everyone please just focus on this November for now?
That is both factually inaccurate on multiple fronts, and not a response to what I said at all.
You’ll never see them do anything constructive. They could care less if the conservative candidates win or lose. They probably want us to lose in November so they have more reason to just continue to endlessly rant and rave - otherwise what would they have left to do? I advised some of them who continue to complain to this day McCain won the primary in AZ that while they may have been disappointed in that result, they had great results in House races and have very staunch conservative candidates such as Jesse Kelly they can rally behind and forget about McCain. They couldn’t care less - they would rather just fume and let everything go crashing down around them - to heck with the fact there are solid conservatives that could use their energy and time to actually help the cause of getting conservative candidates elected.
Are you daft?
The bill should never have been voted out of committee. It is absolutely FASCIST that it was.Bought and paid for.Snowe and Collins should be ashamed of themselves!
They should both be strung up IMHO!
October 13, 2009 at 1:42 pm
To the surprise of absolutely no one who has ever followed the political history of Olympia Snowe. She’s an idiot only interested in winning the approval liberals and she couldn’t stand bucking them any longer. So she, predictably, caved.
Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority.
The Maine senator kept virtually all of Washington guessing how she would vote until she announced it late in the Senate Finance Committee debate Tuesday. Until then, she told reporters, she had not even let Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in on her secret. She told her colleagues: “When history calls, history calls,” even though she had some criticism of the bill.
So it’s all about making history. You know what else made history? The Holocaust. Just because something will make history doesn’t make it the right thing to do. She’s a moron whose goal in life is to have the editorial page of the New York Times approve of her actions. She thinks it’s all about getting a pat on the back from George Soros and a thank you from Michael Moore. Snowe simply can’t stand to have liberals despise her for opposing their agenda. So she buckled.
http://amerpundit.com/2009/10/13/but-of-course-maine-rino-defects-on-baucuscare/
Now there is a real shocker. /s
“Tom Jensen, who conducted the poll, said Snowe could be in trouble if the tea party fervor extends beyond this year.”
Not only with the tea party fervor extend beyond this year, it will only INTENSIFY!!!!
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