Snowe vs. Collins.....

[nomaco-10]

Help me out here du political junkies and Maine dems...

I have never been able to tell one iota of differences between the both of them and the way they vote.

Is Maine changing? And do you have some stellar dems to come up against these two institutions of Maine politics?

Curious minds want to know.

[BzaDem]

1. In 2008, Collins won by around 20 points I think.

And Snowe is even less electorally vulnerable. I don't think they are going anywhere soon.

I think Collins is ever so slightly more conservative than Snowe, but not by much.

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. 40-50 IQ points, minimum.

Collins is one of the thickest members of the Senate, but has the good sense to not go around pulling Inhofe-like gaffes because her staff has her very well-trained. She's a 1980's Reagan-fanboy Republican.

Snowe is much less a creature of her staffers. And her being a Republican is much more of a piece with the old NE goo-goo Republican tradition -- a pre-Reagan Margaret Chase Smith-Ed Brooke-Jim Jeffords-kind of Republican.

[high density]

3. The local media is enamored with these ladies

I think they have the jobs until they choose to retire.

The campaign that was run against Collins last year was woefully inadequate. It started with a simply bad candidate, Tom Allen, our former first district congressman. He campaigned as if he was still running for the familiar first district but forgot he also needed the rest of the state to vote for him. It was a total crash and burn effort.

Overall, I'd much rather ditch Collins instead of Snowe. I can't say there's any facts behind my feeling there, it's just I really do not like Collins.

[Cha]

4. This makes Susan Collins look like a disingenuous

idiot..

Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-27-09 02:39 PM
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Susan Collins' Web Site Still Brags About Stripping Pandemic Funds
Edited on Mon Apr-27-09 02:40 PM by Truth2Tell
Senator Susan Collins: Serving the People of Maine

February 5, 2009

WASHINGTON-Republicans are exercising increasing influence over President Barack Obama's economic-stimulus plan in the Senate, with Maine Sen. Susan Collins emerging as a leader of efforts to trim the initiative and sharpen its focus on job creation.
Sen. Collins, a centrist with allies in both parties, was called to the White House Wednesday to meet with Mr. Obama. She envisions holding the cost of the stimulus package to $700 billion or less, well below the $819 billion package of tax cuts and spending the House approved last week.

The target grew out of discussions among a group of moderate Republicans, led by Sen. Collins, aimed at reining in costs and better targeting federal funds toward job creation. The effort amounts to "rebuilding" the Obama package, according to an individual familiar with the talks. The package would include tax cuts and investments intended to create jobs, such as infrastructure projects, but it would step back from spending projects that don't immediately lift the sagging U.S. economy.

After meeting with Mr. Obama, Sen. Collins expressed concern about a number of spending provisions, including $780 million for pandemic-flu preparedness. "I have no doubt that the president is willing to negotiate in good faith, that he wants to have a bipartisan bill," Sen. Collins said.

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