Anonymous wrote:I hate Susan Collins. I hope she loses big!

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Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

She is a decent woman at heart. However she badly miscalculated on the BK thing. Many people believe the victim, and BK in his speech behaved terribly, and not at all like a SCJ nominee. It's not that we forget all the good she's done as a moderate Republican, but that was really a cringeworthy mistake on her part, probably in part because she's an older woman, and lived in times when wealthy white men did this with impunity. She forgot that things are different now, and that men are held to more rigorous standards of behavior - thank God!

I don’t think you understand that just as many people support her decision and view her as having more integrity in her little finger than most of the Democratic senators who created the Kavanaugh circus. I cringe every time I think back to that hearing, and not because of Kavanaugh’s understandably human behavior, but because of the disgusting and surreal grilling of his high school life (30+ years ago). She was one of the only senators to speak up for common sense and decency and not jump on the witch-hunt bandwagon. Whether she wins or loses her next election, I will always admire her for having a backbone and doing what was right.

The Cook Political Report shifted its forecast of the Maine Senate election from "lean Republican" to "toss-up" on Friday, signaling a tight reelection race for Sen. Susan Collins (R).

Collins won her last reelection bid in 2014 by more than 30 points but is expected to face a much tighter race this time around, with the leader of the state's House of Representatives, Sara Gideon (D), announcing she would challenge the four-term senator.

A press release Friday from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) claimed that the incumbent senator's support had cratered in the state following her confirmation vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh last year, a controversial vote that Democrats argue pushed her outside the label of "moderate."

"This is the latest in a string of bad news for the vulnerable incumbent, who has continued to lose support among Mainers and seen her net approval drop by a 'stunning' amount since President Trump took office," the DSCC said in a press release, quoting a Morning Consult analysis.

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Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Her record is clearly bipartisan.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/susan_collins/300025/report-card/2018

She squandered her reputation as a bipartisan with that appalling speech explaining why she was supporting Bart O'Kavanaugh - not just because it was clearly just a moment of falling into line, but also because it was a rebuke of her promise to Maine voters that she'd protect Roe. I hope it was worth it for her.

Appalling speech? That was a great speech.

What exactly in that speech was a rebuke of a promise to protect Roe?

+1.

That was the Speech of the Decade.

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Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Her record is clearly bipartisan.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/susan_collins/300025/report-card/2018

She squandered her reputation as a bipartisan with that appalling speech explaining why she was supporting Bart O'Kavanaugh - not just because it was clearly just a moment of falling into line, but also because it was a rebuke of her promise to Maine voters that she'd protect Roe. I hope it was worth it for her.

Appalling speech? That was a great speech.

What exactly in that speech was a rebuke of a promise to protect Roe?

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Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Her record is clearly bipartisan.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/susan_collins/300025/report-card/2018

She squandered her reputation as a bipartisan with that appalling speech explaining why she was supporting Bart O'Kavanaugh - not just because it was clearly just a moment of falling into line, but also because it was a rebuke of her promise to Maine voters that she'd protect Roe. I hope it was worth it for her.

Appalling speech? That was a great speech.

What exactly in that speech was a rebuke of a promise to protect Roe?

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Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Her record is clearly bipartisan.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/susan_collins/300025/report-card/2018

She squandered her reputation as a bipartisan with that appalling speech explaining why she was supporting Bart O'Kavanaugh - not just because it was clearly just a moment of falling into line, but also because it was a rebuke of her promise to Maine voters that she'd protect Roe. I hope it was worth it for her.

Appalling speech? That was a great speech.

What exactly in that speech was a rebuke of a promise to protect Roe?

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Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Her record is clearly bipartisan.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/susan_collins/300025/report-card/2018

She squandered her reputation as a bipartisan with that appalling speech explaining why she was supporting Bart O'Kavanaugh - not just because it was clearly just a moment of falling into line, but also because it was a rebuke of her promise to Maine voters that she'd protect Roe. I hope it was worth it for her.

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Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Her record is clearly bipartisan.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/susan_collins/300025/report-card/2018

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Catty comment”? It was simply factual. Susan Collins is an esteemed, ethical senator. She has a long record of bipartisanship and is widely respected on both sides of the aisle. I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.

If she’s so bipartisan, why is conservative rag The Washington Examiner calling her a "reliable vote on conservative issues time and time again," including for Kavanaugh and the tax cut?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-even-staunch-conservatives-should-fight-for-moderate-republican-susan-collins-reelection?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true