ReleaseTheHounds: “Compromise is not the answer!”
I disagree. Compromise is sometimes necessary. Senator Collins doesn’t seem to understand she’s supposed to be compromising toward achieving Republican (smaller, less intrusive) government solutions. In other words, she SHOULD be fighting to drastically reduce the scope of government in accordance with her OATH to uphold the US Constitution. If some compromise is necessary to reign in the EPA, slash the Dept. of Education, or free up markets, for example, I have no problem with that. That’s not what’s happening. When the Democrats propose far-reaching and extreme legislation that blatantly violates her PROMISE to follow the US Constitution, THEN she compromises. Sadly, she seems to think of herself in almost heroic terms for compromising when she should be moving the country to the right.
Senator Collins promised the following: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
She’s as much responsible for following the US Constitution as the Supreme Court.
With all due respect, Senator Collins, one does NOT compromise with Evil and the Devil. If you cannot understand the difference between right and wrong, that some issues are either black or white and not some shade of gray, if you are governed by “situational” ethics — then, Senator, you need to be politically neutered in the short term, and either be retired or be replaced at the first opportunity.