Susan Collins: Comeback Kid

[Sun Devil 92]

She has a way of coming back

One of the better Republican Senators

Better? That doesn't say much. Her voting record with Trump = cult member.
So wishy washy it makes me say... Pathetic.

Oh...let me look around.....

 

[toobfreak]

Ugh......just threw up a little in my mouth.

I'd frankly love to see her lose . . . . . to a different, better Republican.

 

[toobfreak]

RCP has her trailing Gideon in all the polls.

Yeah, she's not out of the woods yet, and we had a real blue wave in Maine in '18.

And voters have had a full two years to realize what a mistake that was.

 

[rightwinger]

She has a way of coming back

One of the better Republican Senators

Better? That doesn't say much. Her voting record with Trump = cult member.
So wishy washy it makes me say... Pathetic.

She did save Obamacare.
What I like about her is she puts the needs of her state above the desires of her party. Rare courage in this era of mandated partisanship

 

[kyzr]

If Collins wins Mitch keeps the senate, unless there is a major upset somewhere. The only toss-ups the dems have a shot at are Gardner in CO, Tillis in NC, and McSally in AZ. The GOP has a 54-46 advantage after AL dumps Doug Jones.

 

[OldLady]

If Collins wins Mitch keeps the senate, unless there is a major upset somewhere. The only toss-ups the dems have a shot at are Gardner in CO, Tillis in NC, and McSally in AZ. The GOP has a 54-46 advantage after AL dumps Doug Jones.

That must be why Democrats who know nothing about Maine are talking about her like she's some crummy pos. The Dems want the power and they don't care who the actual senators are or what kind of job they've done. It's all about seats to them. Of course, it is for the Republicans, too. I doubt if things are really as determined as you think. If the two parties would start behaving like legislators instead of thugs, it would be okay having a split Congress.
Things just keeping getting worse and worse and everyone who votes blindly for party is contributing to it.

 

[kyzr]

If Collins wins Mitch keeps the senate, unless there is a major upset somewhere. The only toss-ups the dems have a shot at are Gardner in CO, Tillis in NC, and McSally in AZ. The GOP has a 54-46 advantage after AL dumps Doug Jones.

That must be why Democrats who know nothing about Maine are talking about her like she's some crummy pos. The Dems want the power and they don't care who the actual senators are or what kind of job they've done. It's all about seats to them. Of course, it is for the Republicans, too. I doubt if things are really as determined as you think. If the two parties would start behaving like legislators instead of thugs, it would be okay having a split Congress.
Things just keeping getting worse and worse and everyone who votes blindly for party is contributing to it.

Years ago the parties were not as far apart ideologically as they are today.
Here are the democrat policy positions, the GOP's are just the opposite.
1. Open borders, tear down the southern border fence/wall
2. Sanctuary cities & states
3. Free college
4. "Medicare for all", aka rationed healthcare, "Lois Lerner" in charge of your access to healthcare
5. Eliminate ICE and DHS, turn the US into the EU, with muslim "no go zones" and Sharia Law
6. Promote Globalism, whatever Wall Street wants Wall Street gets, see K-Street Cash
7. Paris Climate Change Treaty where the US pays $trillions to poor countries
8. Stupid trade agreements, e.g tax breaks to move factories overseas
9. Let China run roughshod over the US for trade and intellectual property theft
10. Let NK develop nukes and ICBM delivery systems, have no one capable of dealing with NK
11. Raise taxes to 70% on the wealthy, especially on corporations so they relocate overseas
12. Decriminalize all drug use and possession, Opioid deaths increase across the US
13. Gangs like MS-13 running rampant across the US
14. No steel or mining industries due to foreign "dumping" of subsidized products
15. No new pipelines and no offshore drilling
16. Medicare for all means rural hospitals will close
17. The dems' "Central Committee" appoints super-delegates to subvert real voters in primaries
18. Pack the US Supreme Court to promote liberal policies
19. Impeach anyone they deem not liberal enough, like Kavanaugh
20. Use the Federal Government to punish conservatives, like the IRS and Lois Lerner hounded conservatives
21. Use the Intel community to spy on the opposition party, like Hillary, FusionGPS, and the FBI/DOJ spied on Trump
22. Block voter ID laws to ensure fraud, and promote "vote harvesting" to steal elections
23. Refuse to provide funding for border walls/security, which DHS says is desperately needed.
24. Give $Trillions to Mexico and Central America for a Marshal Plan, but not help US citizens living in tent cities
25. Impose gun control, outlaw private gun sales, outlaw AR style rifles, restrict sales of bullets, etc.
26. "Green New Deal" Impose a "carbon tax" to punish anyone who works, heats their home, flies, or has a car
27. Anti-business democrat socialists caused Amazon to flee NYC taking 25,000 good paying jobs to VA
28. REPARATIONS to blacks to pay for slavery, $trillions owed by US voters
29. Excuse the murder of unwanted newborns, i.e. "infanticide"
30. Change the Electoral College to popular vote
31. All prisoners get to vote, even the Boston Marathon Bomber, so says Bernie
32. LGBTQ rights, trannys in military
33. Increase domestic surveillance, especially on "white supremacist" organizations
34. Add Senators and congressmen for DC and Puerto Rico
35. Be sure that any "red flag" laws exclude gang members (only get those rural guns)
36. Full welfare and free healthcare for illegal immigrants
37. Eliminate Hallmark channel for being racist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ
38. Eliminate the "cash bail system" whereby all criminals walk out after committing a crime.
39. Nationalize all of the electric utilities making them green by 2030
40. Pass "The New Way Forward Act", bringing back 480,000 deported illegals, giving them free everything
41. Defund all police departments, or make the police much less effective.

Joe Biden has a plan for that

Not a joke, folks: He’s running on a transformative policy agenda.

www.vox.com

 

[bendog]

I don't know anymore, or less, about Maine that Sundevil, but I read on op ed in the NYT today about how Biden needs to pay attention to 2004. Just because the incumbent puked and pissed himself stupid, a challenger better be telling people how he's gonna do better and not just focus on the incumbent's negatives.

I suspect thats' at play in Maine.

 

[rightwinger]

If Collins wins Mitch keeps the senate, unless there is a major upset somewhere. The only toss-ups the dems have a shot at are Gardner in CO, Tillis in NC, and McSally in AZ. The GOP has a 54-46 advantage after AL dumps Doug Jones.

I agree, getting Collins is necessary since the Dems will give up their Alabama seat.
The only other alternative is Trump tanks badly and brings down more Republican Senators with him in the backlash

 

[bendog]

If Collins wins Mitch keeps the senate, unless there is a major upset somewhere. The only toss-ups the dems have a shot at are Gardner in CO, Tillis in NC, and McSally in AZ. The GOP has a 54-46 advantage after AL dumps Doug Jones.

I agree, getting Collins is necessary since the Dems will give up their Alabama seat.
The only other alternative is Trump tanks badly and brings down more Republican Senators with him in the backlash

Ernst is a possibility. But with Collins, she went from being more or less an independent vote to support Trump 100% of the time, and her Kavenaugh vote trumped (-: Roe, which she said she supported.

Kyzr is undoubtedly correct that we are more polarized. And to be fair to the voters of Maine (I guess) McConnell hasn't changed of getting Judges confirmed since 2008. So, I'm not sure what to make of Maine. Collins didn't join the Birther movement. Maybe she gets credit for that. LOL And Hell, here is fun Miss, the yokels elected a half literate white witch who posed in a confederate outfit at Jeff Davis's library, and they rejected a black Blue Dog who was Slicks fire Sec. of Agriculture.

Collins probably isn't being pressed on whether she approves of Trump teargassing priests outside church. And Maine may not have corvid outbreaks.

If Biden ever comes out of his basement, and starts saying conciliatory things about about disagreeing with Republicans without calling them traitors and saying they need to be investitgated and jailed, maybe people like Collins will be pressed a little more about just what they support, and don't support.