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One key difference is the Republicans are targeting members of their own party who aren't conservative enough in moderate to liberal states. The Dems did go after Lieberman in the Primary, but he was in a liberal state. You don't see the Dems trying to target people like Ben Nelson of Nebraska or Mark Pryor of Arkansas for not being liberal enough. The Republicans, however will go after members of their own party if they aren't conservative enough no matter how liberal the state might be.
Actually the Dems went after Lieberman after he lost his primary and decided to run as an Independent.
Actually the Dems went after Lieberman after he lost his primary and decided to run as an Independent.
Good point most elected Dems actually stayed on the side or backed Lieberman in the Primary, and only went after him after he lost the Primary. Some liberal groups did go after Lieberman in the Primary, but again they were going after someone in a liberal state, none of these groups have gone after people like Nelson or Pryor. The conservative groups have targeted Republicans who aren't conservative enough no matter how liberal the state might be.
Anything viewed by far right GOP'ers as Snowe (or Collins) "working with" the DEMs, in any fashion, will get them blackballed by the far right radicals, Rush Limbaugh, et al. If the far right attacks Snowe or Collins with enough hatefulness, it may yet move those two Senators over to the DEM side of the aisle, which I've been hopeful of for some time. I appreciate Snowe's sensible comments.
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Ms. Snowe has not endorsed either Democratic
health care bill in the Senate. No Republican has.
But in an interview, she offered a surprisingly
robust endorsement of Mr. Obama’s skepticism
about expanding government too much, his willingness
to accommodate different views and his assertion
that Washington must act now after decades of failure.
Ms. Snowe has not endorsed either Democratic
health care bill in the Senate. No Republican has.
But in an interview, she offered a surprisingly
robust endorsement of Mr. Obama’s skepticism
about expanding government too much, his willingness
to accommodate different views and his assertion
that Washington must act now after decades of failure.
Olympia Snow and Susan Collins are well liked representatives of the State of Maine. I don't believe you'll see either voted out.
i will be surprised if the people who voted for the wall street bailouts and the wasted chrylser / GM money wille get reelected now that people see the bailouts for what they actually were.
if republicans were smart, they would absolutely stop financing her campaign and get a fiscal conservative in her place. make her run as a democrat just as arlen specter is going to have to do. there is a LOT of dissatisfaction with our current senate, in case you missed it.
NYT is a biased source- biased in favor of the corporate interests.
Snowe will not do anything positive except sit on her dead butt and play a waiting game.
If the Dems are smart, they'll forget slimeballs such as Sen. Snowe exist.
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And calling Olympia Snowe a slimeball is so classy! That is exactly why Independents in Maine and across America turned from the GOP in 2008, and will continue to stay away. Thanks!
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And calling Olympia Snowe a slimeball is so classy! That is exactly why Independents in Maine and across America turned from the GOP in 2008, and will continue to stay away. Thanks!
Snowe IS a slimeball.
Anyone who takes money from the poor, from children, and hgives it to the top 5% of income earners and the corporations is by definition, slime.
And that's what she managed to do in the name of "bipartisanship" in the Stim Bill.
Snowe is only seen as a moderate because that's how the corporate media wants to present her.
In truth, she would fit well with the Robber Barons of the 19th Century.
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