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Anonymous wrote:She stood on principle when she voted for Kavanaugh.

Read Justice on Trial.

+1.

I watched her amazing speech.

That's a Senator with a backbone.

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Anonymous wrote:Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest Approaches

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/susan-collins-approval-rating-dives-as-2020-approaches.html

For all the talk about the 2020 presidential contest, Democrats also know how important it is for them to take back control of the U.S. Senate — either to block a vengeful second-term President Trump from consummating his conquest of the federal judiciary, or to give a Democratic successor a fighting chance to get something done. But flipping the Senate next year will be really difficult, with Republicans currently holding 54 seats, and with one Democrat up next year, Doug Jones of Alabama, widely perceived as nearly a lost cause (unless Republicans again send up Roy Moore to take him on, which is unlikely). Most of the GOP senators up for reelection in 2020 are from solidly red states, which means that those who are not — particularly Susan Collins of Maine and Cory Gardner of Colorado, whose states were carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016 — really need to be taken down if Democrats are to regain control.

Of the two blue-state senators, Collins would superficially look like the toughest to beat. She’s been in the Senate since 1996, where she has split with her party just often enough to cultivate her image as a brave defender of Maine’s (and New England’s) all-but-lost moderate Republicanism. (She’s one of the last pro-choice Republicans in Congress). Her three reelection bids have shown her steadily improving her performance; she won 62 percent of the vote in 2008 and 68 percent in 2014. But the latest senatorial job-approval numbers from Morning Consult show Collins losing popularity steadily:

Collins’ net approval — the share of voters who approve of her job performance minus the share who disapprove — has fallen by 44 percentage points since the first quarter of 2017, when Trump took office. Forty-five percent of Mainers approve of Collins and 48 percent disapprove in the latest rankings, down 16 net points since quarter one of this year, as her campaign gears up in earnest to face a Democratic challenge from state House Speaker Sara Gideon.

I think we are learning some lessons. Trump is wicked unpopular outside of the Republican party - which is shrinking. If you're in a bright red area, then it's probably a good idea to stick with the racist windbag. And if you're not....

Knock wood, gd willing, these a******* will be out of power in two more years.

A woman who cant be bought and who can’t be cowed by the howling mob.
I celebrate her. You denigrate her.
You be you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest Approaches

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/susan-collins-approval-rating-dives-as-2020-approaches.html

For all the talk about the 2020 presidential contest, Democrats also know how important it is for them to take back control of the U.S. Senate — either to block a vengeful second-term President Trump from consummating his conquest of the federal judiciary, or to give a Democratic successor a fighting chance to get something done. But flipping the Senate next year will be really difficult, with Republicans currently holding 54 seats, and with one Democrat up next year, Doug Jones of Alabama, widely perceived as nearly a lost cause (unless Republicans again send up Roy Moore to take him on, which is unlikely). Most of the GOP senators up for reelection in 2020 are from solidly red states, which means that those who are not — particularly Susan Collins of Maine and Cory Gardner of Colorado, whose states were carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016 — really need to be taken down if Democrats are to regain control.

Of the two blue-state senators, Collins would superficially look like the toughest to beat. She’s been in the Senate since 1996, where she has split with her party just often enough to cultivate her image as a brave defender of Maine’s (and New England’s) all-but-lost moderate Republicanism. (She’s one of the last pro-choice Republicans in Congress). Her three reelection bids have shown her steadily improving her performance; she won 62 percent of the vote in 2008 and 68 percent in 2014. But the latest senatorial job-approval numbers from Morning Consult show Collins losing popularity steadily:

Collins’ net approval — the share of voters who approve of her job performance minus the share who disapprove — has fallen by 44 percentage points since the first quarter of 2017, when Trump took office. Forty-five percent of Mainers approve of Collins and 48 percent disapprove in the latest rankings, down 16 net points since quarter one of this year, as her campaign gears up in earnest to face a Democratic challenge from state House Speaker Sara Gideon.

I think we are learning some lessons. Trump is wicked unpopular outside of the Republican party - which is shrinking. If you're in a bright red area, then it's probably a good idea to stick with the racist windbag. And if you're not....

Knock wood, gd willing, these a******* will be out of power in two more years.

A woman who cant be bought and who can’t be cowed by the howling mob.
I celebrate her. You denigrate her.
You be you.

Anonymous wrote:Dem here - I am actually sad about this. It's not a good thing to have no moderate Rs.

Anonymous wrote:She stood on principle when she voted for Kavanaugh.

Read Justice on Trial.

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Anonymous wrote:She stood on principle when she voted for Kavanaugh.

Read Justice on Trial.

+1.

I watched her amazing speech.

That's a Senator with a backbone.

Anonymous wrote:She stood on principle when she voted for Kavanaugh.

Read Justice on Trial.

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Anonymous wrote:She stood on principle when she voted for Kavanaugh.

Read Justice on Trial.

What principle? SMH

The principle that one is always innocent until proven guilty - remember that one?

I only wish I lived in Maine so I could vote for her.
-DP

+1

That’s in the criminal justice system. Not necessarily for job interviews. Why is this so compliforcated for you people?

It's not complicated for me. It's the way I think we should approach any situation involving a person--whether rumors, interviews, school-related infractions of rules, possible crimes, etc. Won't be the same as a court of law, but give the benefit of the doubt. And definitely with a situation where the accuser can't provide key facts.

But the person's behavior during the job interview is immaterial to you, it seems. Somehow.

It's been repeated countless times, and the court of public opinion is clearly divided re his behavior. I'm one of the ones who thinks his response was justified. You and I will not be in agreement.

And oh so dignifed. How far we have fallen from what is dignified.

PP here. I don't expect people to respond "with dignity" when accused of rape, near rape, and almost murder without more evidence. I doubt I would either, and I'm viewed as a pretty mature, calm person.

Justice Stevens thought his responses and behavior at the hearings were enough to disqualify him.

I'll take Justice Stevens wisdom and knowledge about such things over yours any day. And I also would guess you'd never in a million years be qualified to sit on the Supreme Court, so your response to such inquiry is immaterial.

Anonymous wrote:Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest Approaches

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/susan-collins-approval-rating-dives-as-2020-approaches.html

For all the talk about the 2020 presidential contest, Democrats also know how important it is for them to take back control of the U.S. Senate — either to block a vengeful second-term President Trump from consummating his conquest of the federal judiciary, or to give a Democratic successor a fighting chance to get something done. But flipping the Senate next year will be really difficult, with Republicans currently holding 54 seats, and with one Democrat up next year, Doug Jones of Alabama, widely perceived as nearly a lost cause (unless Republicans again send up Roy Moore to take him on, which is unlikely). Most of the GOP senators up for reelection in 2020 are from solidly red states, which means that those who are not — particularly Susan Collins of Maine and Cory Gardner of Colorado, whose states were carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016 — really need to be taken down if Democrats are to regain control.

Of the two blue-state senators, Collins would superficially look like the toughest to beat. She’s been in the Senate since 1996, where she has split with her party just often enough to cultivate her image as a brave defender of Maine’s (and New England’s) all-but-lost moderate Republicanism. (She’s one of the last pro-choice Republicans in Congress). Her three reelection bids have shown her steadily improving her performance; she won 62 percent of the vote in 2008 and 68 percent in 2014. But the latest senatorial job-approval numbers from Morning Consult show Collins losing popularity steadily:

Collins’ net approval — the share of voters who approve of her job performance minus the share who disapprove — has fallen by 44 percentage points since the first quarter of 2017, when Trump took office. Forty-five percent of Mainers approve of Collins and 48 percent disapprove in the latest rankings, down 16 net points since quarter one of this year, as her campaign gears up in earnest to face a Democratic challenge from state House Speaker Sara Gideon.

I think we are learning some lessons. Trump is wicked unpopular outside of the Republican party - which is shrinking. If you're in a bright red area, then it's probably a good idea to stick with the racist windbag. And if you're not....

Knock wood, gd willing, these a******* will be out of power in two more years.

Anonymous wrote:I put this in the Senate thread but works here, too. Classic ETTD story.

Four years ago Collins was the second most popular Senator. Now she is the second least popular Senator.

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Anonymous wrote:You see a decent man because you want to. I see a misogynist (the accusations and the yearbook), former political operative, who is owned by someone (who paid off his debt and why?).

I don't like spoiled entitled bros who can't answer simple questions. I acknowledge my bias.

This. Exactly this.

The truth is no one except the three people alleged to be in the room know what happened. Why was it that the woman's word was trashed and the man got a promotion?

I will never, ever forget.

Maybe because, the people who SHE said were present could not corroborate her story. They couldn't even remember such a party. Not even the woman who was her best friend at the time.
That little detail has a tendency to question her credibility.

Sure but other details made her more than credible. Like telling her therapist in 2012. And what would her motivation be in making up a story? To keep Kavanaugh off the bench (but of course he would just be replaced with an equally conservative judge)? Why didn't she allege something more serious like actual rape?