February 28, 2012
— Ace Breaking.
UPDATE [Slublog] - Well, I didn't see this coming. Apparently, neither did her staff:
Snowe’s reason for taking a pass on re-election, especially when she was so enthusiastically running up to this point, and especially as close to the filing deadline as this is, are mysterious. As I said before, this kind of thing does not happen in politics.Check the link to see some potential GOP candidates who can replace Snowe on the ticket. The GOP currently controls the legislature and the governor's mansion, but that doesn't guarantee future electoral success. Frankly, those victories were an anomaly in a state that normally votes solid blue so the GOP's chances of keeping that seat are extremely slim, especially in a presidential election year. I've seen a lot of people express glee that the Senate is losing a RINO. Unfortunately, the voters of this state are more than likely going to replace her with a hardcore leftist.I am told her own staff was unaware of this decision until just hours before the statement went out – just long enough to actually work on the release and send it out.
Political earthquake, indeed.
The Maine GOP was also surprised by the announcement, so the upcoming scramble to find a viable candidate is going to be about as much fun to watch as the GOP presidential primary.
My gut feeling on this is similar to Gagnon's - there's something we're not being told yet. Snowe has been in campaign mode for months now, and to drop out so suddenly is very strange.
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I'm not sure she would vote to repeal Obamacare anyways. Didn't she say as much?
I mean, this could be important for judicial nominees, but beyond that, meh.
Posted by: dan-O at February 28, 2012 01:37 PM (sWycd)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at February 28, 2012 01:37 PM (swkkW)
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCKING FUCK (continuing from twitter)
Thank GOD we are leading in MT, ND, ME, WI, and MO.
Barely edging in VA.
OH, NM, FL become supremely important now.
Oh, and Brown actually has to hold his seat.
The Senate, this morning, looked likely Republican (albeit narrowly).
Thanks for your parting gift, Snowe.
Posted by: CAC, who just finished his Senate projections for the month. at February 28, 2012 01:37 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: antisocialist at February 28, 2012 01:38 PM (j/nZn)
Posted by: antisocialist at February 28, 2012 01:39 PM (j/nZn)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 28, 2012 05:37 PM (Iyg03)
There is that.
She wasn't facing any real threat.
Jesus Tittyfucking Christ.
We just can't get an easy route back, can we?
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:39 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at February 28, 2012 01:39 PM (swkkW)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 28, 2012 01:39 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: eddiebear at February 28, 2012 01:39 PM (5ePje)
Posted by: Moochelle Obama at February 28, 2012 01:40 PM (nu1HK)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 01:40 PM (5H6zj)
Actually, the state is likely to replace her with a socialist. Snowe, for all of her faults, was not as liberal as her replacement is likely to be.
Posted by: Slublog at February 28, 2012 01:40 PM (9H6g9)
Posted by: chris at February 28, 2012 01:40 PM (N6apK)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 01:41 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 01:41 PM (8y9MW)
Snowe/Castle 2016
Posted by: Electability - You're Welcome at February 28, 2012 05:39 PM (N/1Dm)
haha
Posted by: The Dude at February 28, 2012 01:41 PM (M8yfa)
Asteroid 2011 AG5 May Pose Threat to Earth in 2040
http://tinyurl.com/7ldwk7u
Posted by: kbdabear at February 28, 2012 01:42 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: eddiebear at February 28, 2012 05:39 PM (5ePje)
YOU THINK???
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:42 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: YaHump at February 28, 2012 01:42 PM (7fJhn)
Posted by: real joe at February 28, 2012 01:43 PM (EFS7w)
Posted by: chris at February 28, 2012 01:43 PM (N6apK)
I don't want to elect Republicans just because they're Republican anymore. If the country is so steadfastly Liberal that they want Detroit writ large across the Continent, then I'd like to know that so I can know to leave.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 01:44 PM (8y9MW)
Snowe voted to let it out of committee. It could have died there.
Posted by: Michael Jackson at February 28, 2012 01:44 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: steevy at February 28, 2012 01:44 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: wheatie at February 28, 2012 01:45 PM (UOOK1)
The Nation is at the crossroads between choosing Nanny State or Land of Individual Freedom and Excellence (you know - the way it was intended). Typical Allah that he does not see the opportunity for a Down East type of hard-rock conservative campaigning and winning up there without Snowe in the way.
I see this as an opportunity to advance the needed agenda back toward freedom. Not surprised that Allah ignores the possibility altogether.
Posted by: Workin' for the Man Every Night & Day at February 28, 2012 01:45 PM (eMtQ2)
Ugh.
This means we have to defend Brown (who, to his credit, is taking up the fight against the birth control-catholic church and has seen his numbers jump thanks to that).
Ugh ugh ugh!
GAJSDFKLSAJFLHJ!
Sorry. The last, very last, thing that made me optomistic about November was flipping the Senate...
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:45 PM (ue4mg)
My question is did she wait long enough that there won't be a primary and the GOP insiders will get to chose who is on the ticket in November
Posted by: phreshone at February 28, 2012 01:45 PM (KtT0H)
I don't want to elect Republicans just because they're Republican anymore. If the country is so steadfastly Liberal that they want Detroit writ large across the Continent, then I'd like to know that so I can know to leave.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 05:44 PM (8y9MW)
She was a solid cloture vote. Solid for the Democrats.
Posted by: buzzion at February 28, 2012 01:45 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Russkilitlover at February 28, 2012 01:45 PM (Btey0)
Well then: good riddance. F*ck her sideways with a rusty chainsaw.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 01:45 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Lauren at February 28, 2012 01:46 PM (8t4dS)
Snowe is the one who foisted Obamacare on our nation by letting it out of committee knowing damn well what would happen. I hold her personally responsible for this abomination of our rights.
She should be tarred and feathered.
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 01:47 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: wheatie at February 28, 2012 01:47 PM (UOOK1)
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 01:48 PM (iYbLN)
Paging the Maine Tea Party. Paging the Maine Tea Party. Please proceed to the white phone.
Paging the Maine Tea Party...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 28, 2012 01:48 PM (d0Tfm)
Snowe is the one who foisted Obamacare on our nation by letting it out of committee knowing damn well what would happen. I hold her personally responsible for this abomination of our rights.
She should be tarred and feathered.
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 05:47 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: eureka! at February 28, 2012 01:49 PM (4e3Me)
On the plus side, this means that the Dims now need to spend money in Maine that could otherwise be spent in Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Virginia, etc.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 28, 2012 01:49 PM (e0xKF)
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Dont forget Nebraska and Louisiana, we definetely have those two after the corrupt deals Nelson and Landrieu did in O-Care. Landriew is the only state elected dem in LA now. We got the senate if we spend well and spend a lot in VA and OH
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 28, 2012 01:49 PM (7X6/u)
Posted by: MJ at February 28, 2012 05:46 PM (/x4oj)
9, actually.
You know what, this is a good thing.
There are only 4 really awful mods left in the senate- Collins, Graham, McCain, and Lugar.
The mods we have now, like Portman, Kirk, and Brown, for their faults, are nowhere NEAR as backstabbing or stubborn as Snowe and her ilk.
So if we actually get to...er...55 seats in the Senate (and tits rain down from the sky like manna), we're in good shape.
Anger is subsiding a little.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:49 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Max Wedge at February 28, 2012 01:49 PM (GsBJY)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 28, 2012 05:49 PM (7X6/u)
should have read NE not ME.
LA not available for 2 more fucking years, along with the other MT seat and NC and VA and AK and AR and...
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:49 PM (ue4mg)
What a neat little package this makes.
Posted by: blue star at February 28, 2012 01:50 PM (7t3Uz)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 28, 2012 01:50 PM (SY2Kh)
You know who else votes like Democrats? Democrats. Like the incoming Democrat Senator from Maine after the True Conservative nominee for Senate inevitably flames out.
People cheering this as a conservative victory are either delusional or fucking insane.
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 01:50 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 28, 2012 01:50 PM (i6RpT)
http://is.gd/rG2O9q
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 28, 2012 01:51 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 28, 2012 05:49 PM (e0xKF)
No, not really. The Democrats will take Maine handily. They MAY lose a congressional seat in the process, but that's nothing.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:51 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Cast Iron at February 28, 2012 01:51 PM (EL+OC)
Posted by: Not an Artist at February 28, 2012 01:51 PM (Lo/3Q)
Posted by: Ducatisti at February 28, 2012 01:51 PM (KYE7u)
We're not "cheering this as a conservative victory," we're just pointing out that it also isn't a conservative loss. It is, at worst, a Republican loss. I think we've had plenty of evidence over the last decade or more that Republican != Conservative.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 01:52 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Not an Artist at February 28, 2012 05:51 PM (Lo/3Q)
can't have that, it's unelectable
Posted by: The Dude at February 28, 2012 01:52 PM (M8yfa)
Are you planning to bankroll a liberal independent candidate for Senate to leech Democrat votes, which is pretty much how LePage managed to pull it off?
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 01:53 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: Ducatisti at February 28, 2012 05:51 PM (KYE7u)
The TP governor won (barely) in a three-way race, something like 38% of the total vote.
However, he iiiiis friends with Snowe and Collins. Maybe LePage can run.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:53 PM (ue4mg)
55 seems to be optimistic, but the last time I looked, 52 or 53 was doable.
And I hope those tits are attached to San Diego State cheerleaders.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 28, 2012 01:53 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 01:53 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 28, 2012 01:53 PM (0AClR)
Posted by: Vic at February 28, 2012 01:54 PM (YdQQY)
Is this an option? 'Cause I'm not agin' it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 01:54 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 28, 2012 01:54 PM (Hx5uv)
So we have
Wisconsin
Montana
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
And we need to spend in VA and Ohio. We have a better chance of taking the senate then they do of retaining.
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 28, 2012 01:54 PM (7X6/u)
There's only one candidate that can take this seat for the good guys. Smart, handsome, beautiful family. Active Twitter feed.
Step up, Slublog.
Posted by: spongeworthy at February 28, 2012 01:54 PM (puy4B)
1 small, small glimmer of light out of this...
if the R's manage to (somehow) get to 52 votes in the Senate, Collins can jump parties, and it won't matter.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 01:54 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 28, 2012 01:55 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Jimmah at February 28, 2012 01:55 PM (845uI)
Posted by: Max Power at February 28, 2012 01:56 PM (+wxCD)
Wasn't she the one who gave Dingy Harry the vote needed to pass scoamf care because she wanted to be part of history?
Posted by: YIKES! at February 28, 2012 01:56 PM (2TRSa)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 01:56 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Hollowpoint
Bwahahahahahaha.
I am so stealing that for Twitter
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 01:56 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 28, 2012 01:56 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 01:56 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: MJ at February 28, 2012 01:57 PM (/x4oj)
Posted by: tasker at February 28, 2012 01:57 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 01:58 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: YaHump at February 28, 2012 01:59 PM (7fJhn)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 02:00 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:00 PM (5H6zj)
Is Landrieu up for reelection in 2012?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 28, 2012 02:00 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Justin at February 28, 2012 02:01 PM (Y5Ri0)
Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Lord Collingwood (Mentioned in Dispatches) at February 28, 2012 02:02 PM (6bF4A)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 02:02 PM (nj1bB)
I don't particularly care if her agenda was to make every third Thursday a holiday jointly celebrating the contributions of France and Iran.
She was a damned R, and voted for R control of the Senate every single time. As someone who outright professed that Castle was a necessary evil (and I have no doubt that Castle was on her left), I can't believe you're happy about this. That seat is now most likely out of reach in perpetuity.
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 02:02 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: sybilll at February 28, 2012 02:02 PM (DfPL1)
Posted by: steevy at February 28, 2012 02:03 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: huerfano at February 28, 2012 02:03 PM (fIuC0)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 28, 2012 02:04 PM (qx7YW)
Now that I have calmed down,
US SENATE:
Likely R holds
AZ, UT, WY, TN, TX, IN, MS
Weak R holds:
NV, MA
GONE:
ME
(-1 R)
Likely D holds: MI, PA, NJ, NY, WA, CA, MD, RI, VT, CT, WV, MN, DE
Weak D holds: OH, NM, HI
Tossup D holds: VA, FL
Weak R flips: MO
Likely R flips: ND, MT, NE, WI
(-5 D)
R senate 51-49.
If VA, FL go R, then Collins is neutralized.
After Snowe's decision I wouldn't be shocked if Collins flipped parties.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:04 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:05 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Horse at February 28, 2012 02:05 PM (t0zqG)
Maybe I had better get on board with the whole meteor thing, since it's clearly the end times.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 28, 2012 02:05 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 02:06 PM (nj1bB)
>>>You folks who embrace the middle and who lecture us right wingers on the importance of appealing to it... here's your chance to show us what experts you are. Get a moderate elected.
I would suggest those that blame the Delaware loss on a "bad candidate" have more to prove. Seems to me they ought to head up there to woodchuck-land and work for a True Conservative, Who Will Always Win.
Posted by: spongeworthy at February 28, 2012 02:06 PM (puy4B)
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 06:02 PM (xp1pq)
Ace was looking to having her primaried out of her seat just days after the 2010 election. He even said he'd be willing to use her as a "Teach the Establishment a lesson" message.
Posted by: buzzion at February 28, 2012 02:06 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Wes at February 28, 2012 02:07 PM (kaS95)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, lighting his hair on FIRE at February 28, 2012 02:07 PM (UqKQV)
That's awfully rosy-eyed. Barack Obama won Hawaii in 2008 by a ratio of three-to-one. The Daniel Inouye Senate race in 2010 (Be the wave, dudes!) was lost by the same margin. And her opponent is not some trash activist like Christine O'Donnell.
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 02:07 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 02:07 PM (nj1bB)
The only way Maine stays red is if LePage steps up and runs, and gets the endorsement of his family friend, the other sitting US senator there. Yes, Collins.
If that happens, would be enough to give us a 40-45% shot, and theeen the Ds are forced to piss money down a Stephen King well.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:08 PM (ue4mg)
This right here is the litmus test on this site and in the broader party/coalition.
Some people get what AllenG is saying here.
Others see as nonsense.
Posted by: Knemon at February 28, 2012 02:08 PM (u1+3w)
Posted by: Joshua at February 28, 2012 02:08 PM (5apgC)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at February 28, 2012 05:54 PM (7X6/u)
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Agree. Again, people are still relying on old election paradigms. I'm not so sure they're in play for this election. Maybe the one in 2016, but not this one.
Posted by: Soona at February 28, 2012 02:08 PM (EI3l3)
Posted by: ace at February 28, 2012 02:09 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 06:07 PM (xp1pq)
Lingle has received a considerable bounce. If the D party fighting in HI actually keeps up in their primary, she has a good shot, esp. if Case loses.
The funny thing is, when your party (Ds) control EVERYTHING in the state, you are your own enemy, enough so that an R can occasionally snag a seat (see the Maryland Gov race of 2002).
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:10 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at February 28, 2012 02:10 PM (qmF3d)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:10 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:11 PM (5H6zj)
I am more angry at her TIMING of this than her leaving the senate.
I dont want anyone to get the impression that I like Snowe. She was a Democrat by every standard but the letter next to her name.
Even COLLINS was more conservative than her.
I wish she had left enough time for the R's to find someone to replace her.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:11 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:12 PM (5H6zj)
Lingle just won the Governor's race twice by the largest margin in the history of the state. And the opponent who is being pushed to come out of their primary is "Crazy Mazie" whom she already defeated in that Governor's race. She'll win that race and btw, Obama will be announced the winner before Hawaiians need to go vote.
Posted by: Justin at February 28, 2012 02:12 PM (Y5Ri0)
Those ACU and Club for Growth ratings really suggest that she voted badly on important votes.
Well I am sure that any Dem. who runs and takes the seat will be voting 100% with Harry Reid...
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at February 28, 2012 02:13 PM (qmF3d)
The funny thing is, when your party (Ds) control EVERYTHING in the state, you are your own enemy, enough so that an R can occasionally snag a seat (see the Maryland Gov race of 2002).
Look, I'm not saying it's impossible. But I do note that the last election we won there, with Charles Djou, was the very definition of a fluke. The Democrats were in chaos, the turnout was minimal, and the timeframe was short. And even so we barely squeaked by.
Linda Lingle's going to need about three or four miracles to win that race, is all I'm saying. And, for the record, I'm a New Yorker. The Democrats had plenty of internecine battles there in 2010 - didn't stop us from sucking up the endgame.
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 02:13 PM (xp1pq)
Montana is blue and Tester will hold there.
Kaine will win Virginia and Brown will lose MA.
Its 50-50 as of now - subject to change any minute.
Posted by: Clarence at February 28, 2012 02:14 PM (z0HdK)
This goes to show though that no seat can be taken advantage of.
Has anyone (this sounds evil) checked up on Lautenberg in NJ? That fossil had pancreatic cancer and still stayed put.
Patrick Swayze couldn't beat it, but this guy apparently is still hanging around.
Or is that just an elaborate hoax by the Dems, like what they did with Byrd's corpse for the last 6 years?
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:14 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 28, 2012 02:14 PM (azHfB)
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 02:14 PM (iYbLN)
Kaine will win Virginia and Brown will lose MA.
Its 50-50 as of now - subject to change any minute.
Posted by: Clarence at February 28, 2012 06:14 PM (z0HdK)
Montana is not blue. Tester is losing in polling, per PPP and Rasmussen.
Also, Wisconsin should go R with Tommy Thompson.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:15 PM (ue4mg)
If not, it's only a matter of time.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 28, 2012 02:15 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 28, 2012 02:16 PM (i6RpT)
This bitch brings nothing of value to the party.
We can't do much worse and that includes "losing" the seat to a D.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 28, 2012 02:16 PM (Wi8JV)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:16 PM (5H6zj)
CAC,
That would mean she actually gave a shit about the voters or the Republican party.
This announcement just proves what I've always thought about her.
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 02:16 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Greg at February 28, 2012 02:17 PM (J3Ovp)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at February 28, 2012 02:17 PM (8y9MW)
If not, it's only a matter of time.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 28, 2012 06:15 PM (SY2Kh)
The acceptable term is now "severe"
Posted by: buzzion at February 28, 2012 02:17 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: jjmurphy at February 28, 2012 02:18 PM (xjEAl)
Close b/w Mitt and Paul; some results got stuck in the spam folder (no, I'm not kidding); Paul isn't making much noise about it, which lends credence to the OMG CONSPIRACIEZ theory.
Posted by: Knemon at February 28, 2012 02:19 PM (u1+3w)
Posted by: Soona at February 28, 2012 02:19 PM (EI3l3)
I'll bite. Tell me how she wins. You're right that Blumenthal's not running and Bycewicz is less popular, but Nutmeggers still by and large love Obama, who will most assuredly win the state in November (unless, of course, Romney gets the nomination and Obama crashes HARD.)
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 02:20 PM (xp1pq)
Personality will carry the day. Brown is a complete dud, but he is affable.
The Dem harpies just keep getting shriller. Why don't they run "Your ex-Wife" as a candidate?
Posted by: fluffy at February 28, 2012 02:21 PM (vRSeu)
Former GOP Gov. John McKernan (SnoweÂ’s hubby) could keep seat.
Just thought of that.
She quit very abruptly. Maybe there is something non-political at work as well?
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:21 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: cackfinger at February 28, 2012 02:22 PM (a9mQu)
Posted by: steevy at February 28, 2012 02:22 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 28, 2012 02:22 PM (XvHmy)
IIRC, CT is one of the very few states that's been trending bluer, even over the last three years.
From my time living there (3 years), I got the sense that it was a perfect setup for today's Democratic party. This is a state which is all but without a middle class. You've got some of the richest people in the country, and some of the poorest, all crammed within a space which would be a mid-sized *county* in some of the plains/mountain states.
Laura, is that about right?
Posted by: Knemon at February 28, 2012 02:23 PM (u1+3w)
@Greg
remember when you pretended you were a Republican, instead of just shitting things out of your mouth?
Btw, I heard that's really bad for ya. E Coli and all that.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:23 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: runninrebel at February 28, 2012 06:21 PM (N/1Dm)
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I think I hear the village cryer warming up.
Posted by: Soona at February 28, 2012 02:23 PM (EI3l3)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at February 28, 2012 06:13 PM (qmF3d)
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She has voted with the Dems most of the time on the important issues. Yes, a Dem will vote with the Dems 100% of the time, but what little we lose there will be more than offset by the gain of not having her stab us in the back on committees and in breaking the 60 vote hold on floor action.
This is no loss on the legislative agenda.
Posted by: Vic at February 28, 2012 02:24 PM (YdQQY)
There is ZERO chance a Republican will be elected to replace her. Rep. Pingree, a member of the "progressive caucus" will win if she decides to run. She is left of Obama, and proud of it.
Posted by: JaneElle at February 28, 2012 02:24 PM (EdSZB)
Posted by: cackfinger at February 28, 2012 06:22 PM (a9mQu)
She lost to Barbara Boxer.
That loss still stings.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:24 PM (ue4mg)
Posted by: Knemon at February 28, 2012 06:23 PM (u1+3w)
You're welcome, CT.
Posted by: The City of Bridgeport at February 28, 2012 02:24 PM (KI/Ch)
.......and by raw I mean half starved to death, with the kind of appeal the would have trouble drawing lonely fleas on a cold night.
Posted by: ontherocks at February 28, 2012 02:25 PM (ZJCDy)
Its 50-50 as of now - subject to change any minute.
Posted by: Clarence at February 28, 2012 06:14 PM (z0HdK
That is the dumbest, weirdest, lame-est analysis I've seen in a long time
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, lighting his hair on FIRE at February 28, 2012 02:26 PM (UqKQV)
As a Senator. If you want to date him, I don't think his wife would approve.
Posted by: fluffy at February 28, 2012 02:26 PM (vRSeu)
That we lost doesn't sting.
That the Mexifornia and union effect meant that there was absolutely nothing we could have done to win? That stings.
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 02:26 PM (xp1pq)
Here's hoping their cellmates find them especially attractive and submissive.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 28, 2012 02:26 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: MostlyRight at February 28, 2012 02:26 PM (ZG8Ti)
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 06:26 PM (xp1pq)
She carried the Inland Empire, Ventura, San Diego, and held her loss in LA to just 11% margin. In previous cycles, she would have won the election by 4. She lost by 9.
I have serious doubts about the votes that "poured in" to help Boxer.
Posted by: CAC at February 28, 2012 02:27 PM (ue4mg)
Only if the deal includes Canada taking Detroit off our hands as well.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 28, 2012 02:28 PM (SY2Kh)
Then she's an idiot and thank God she's leaving. No tellin' what she'd believe next.
Posted by: Justin at February 28, 2012 02:28 PM (Y5Ri0)
Posted by: Vic at February 28, 2012 02:29 PM (YdQQY)
IIRC, at least one Republican had to to vote in favor in order for the bill to leave committee. Was there another (R) voting for it?
Posted by: fluffy at February 28, 2012 02:30 PM (vRSeu)
runner-up : "City Ruined by White Flight & Black Thugs"
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, lighting his hair on FIRE at February 28, 2012 02:30 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:30 PM (5H6zj)
Snowe should have known better after working with the Dems all those years that they would stab her in the back. They lie, cheat and steal to get what they want. For that alone she receives my scorn.
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 02:30 PM (iYbLN)
Then she's an idiot and thank God she's leaving."
You fucked up! You trusted us!
Posted by: EveryDem at February 28, 2012 02:30 PM (u1+3w)
Serious doubts? What, like voter fraud? I don't care what you do, you don't conjure up a million fraudulent votes out of nowhere. If you mean illegals, that's the Mexifornia effect at work, and I don't see a remedy to that anywhere in the future, given that any voter-ID law would never make it out of committee there.
Do you honestly think, given the numbers you just cited, that we could ever win there again?
Posted by: Lou at February 28, 2012 02:31 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: mpfs at February 28, 2012 06:30 PM (iYbLN)
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Amen, sista'!
Posted by: Soona at February 28, 2012 02:32 PM (EI3l3)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 02:33 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: fluffy at February 28, 2012 06:30 PM (vRSeu)
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That rule only applies to the judiciary committee.
Posted by: Vic at February 28, 2012 02:35 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: eman at February 28, 2012 02:38 PM (qOpnH)
Posted by: CoolCzech at February 28, 2012 02:39 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: eman at February 28, 2012 02:43 PM (qOpnH)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 28, 2012 02:44 PM (eYiNi)
Over at Tepidair there are a couple of links on this out of their main write up. Apparently none of her staff knew about this until the last minute and she had been in full campaign mode until her announcement today.
Posted by: Dick Nixon at February 28, 2012 02:47 PM (Tc4Pw)
Yeah, not too devastated about her departure. You know this "moderation" our leaders have been so keen on? Look where we are now. We're so fuckin' broke the Greeks are laughing at us. And now we have creeping Sharia within our shores and a founding document that's outlived its usefulness being that it's over a hundred years old. And the cronyism. And the lawfare. And the MFM complicity. And on and on and on...
Let's get this all out in the open. Are we all Socialists now or not? Slow Statism is Statism nonetheless. The likes of Snowe et al. are NOT Liberty's friends. The designating letters after a "leader's" name has become inoperative. If the GOP wants to be regarded as an opposing voice of governance - which is to say anti-tyranny - it had better, you know, actually oppose stuff.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 28, 2012 02:53 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: eureka! at February 28, 2012 02:56 PM (4e3Me)
Posted by: chris at February 28, 2012 05:40 PM (N6apK) ----------------------
You run a campaign just like Obama did in 2008: Lie about who you really are, and get elected: ----- Run a conservative with little baggage as a Republican, but a Libertarian Republican.
Posted by: timetogo at February 28, 2012 02:56 PM (rZZA3)
Maine is insane.
Posted by: Great Reagan's Ghost at February 28, 2012 03:05 PM (dHdwB)
Wow. We are going to lose a sure vote for any socialist legislation put forward by the democrats. Can't say I'm sorry. Quite frankly, if a democrat wins the seat, he or she might be more conservative than Snowe and possibly a net gain for liberty. I realize this is wishful thinking, but Snowe has been a complete disgrace to freedom for so long that I for one am glad she's going. Who knows maybe an actual conservative will beat the odds, run, and win... stranger things have happened.... not sure what.... that's my story and I'm sticking to it...
So, anyhoo, thanks Olympia, for the incredible bravery and fortitude you've shown throughout the years in the cause of liberty and freedom... er...ah....er...... well.... I mean thanks for slow rolling us into a socialist state of never ending slavery and...... Hey!! Enjoy the life long pension on the taxpayer you f**king freeloader!
Posted by: Some guy you don't know in Wisconsin at February 28, 2012 03:07 PM (QK1XT)
That's my state. The number of people on welfare outnumbers the number of taxpayers.
Posted by: Slublog at February 28, 2012 03:08 PM (9H6g9)
Posted by: Y-not at February 28, 2012 03:11 PM (5H6zj)
@179
If the maid Ahhhhrnold was banging was him "focusing" on getting pussy, I would hate to see what he is banging with his beer goggles on....
Posted by: Some guy you don't know in Wisconsin at February 28, 2012 03:12 PM (QK1XT)
Posted by: Former Republican at February 28, 2012 03:18 PM (HNuSL)
Thomas "Tommy" Thompson's way ahead in the latest Wisc Senate poll.
Had the conversation with my Dad this morning--like many conservatives in the nuclear footprint of Chicago, he's desperate to leave Illinois. We're trying to figure out why the states surrounding Chic-inois have started to roll back to the GOP column while Illinois remains in a rut.
Losing Snowe's no great loss--unless she pulls a Scozzafava on us.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 28, 2012 03:30 PM (cxi3K)
Posted by: blogforce one at February 28, 2012 03:50 PM (7cXfH)
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I thought every State did this. Its called property tax.
Posted by: Vic at February 28, 2012 03:54 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Joman at February 28, 2012 03:55 PM (kTic3)
Posted by: Yellow Isn't Mellow, Either at February 28, 2012 04:01 PM (gtjHD)
Posted by: Will Folks at February 28, 2012 04:12 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 28, 2012 04:15 PM (OhenJ)
It's like you read my mind.
Posted by: toby928© at February 28, 2012 04:28 PM (GTbGH)
The good: she was only republican on the small stuff, on the big stuff she went with the dems.
The bad: Majorities matter, that one seat might make the difference.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 28, 2012 04:33 PM (r+9M6)
I would rather see a hardcore leftist installed than another RINO. RINOs dilute the brand, and make it difficult to differentiate between R and D. hardcore leftists, on the other hand, make people vote Republican.
Posted by: Kevin at February 28, 2012 04:39 PM (3o64G)
Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at February 28, 2012 04:42 PM (x/LPd)
Well, this is just foolish. Politics is not about "the brand." Politics is about action. While you're busy worrying yourself over how the GOP 'looks,' Snowe's hardcore leftist successor will be voting for policies that harm the country. Sure, people might vote Republican after seeing what the leftists do, but at what cost? If you're starving, half a loaf of bread looks a hell of a lot better than no bread at all.
Snowe = half a loaf of bread.
Your ideological purity = you starve to death, and condemn your neighbors to eventually suffer the same fate.
But, hey, go ahead and feel good about being all pure and stuff. Because politics is all about your feelings, right?
Posted by: Slublog at February 28, 2012 04:57 PM (9H6g9)
Barry probably told her that she would be at the top of the short list for the Supreme Court, and not to believe all the wingnut chatter about Kamala.
Posted by: 66chevelle at February 28, 2012 05:04 PM (QjSgY)
The one plus is that with the leftist, there is unlikely to be any uncertainty as to what their vote will be, and in the event of a backstabbing, conservatives are unlikely to be the victim.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 28, 2012 05:17 PM (TsNVA)
OORRRRR pics of her with some local flora or fauna.
My money's on imminent death.
Posted by: Doom is Riding the SMOD Express Coming To You! at February 28, 2012 05:23 PM (CP+yl)
As far as RINOs are concerned it is relative. Snowe may be a RINO in Texas, but not in Maine. Consider the Republican brand in a regional sense because it is only national to political junkies lurking on blogs - not really a significant demographic.
Posted by: deadman at February 28, 2012 06:45 PM (Zf0v/)
Posted by: T.J. at February 28, 2012 07:14 PM (j3kxS)
Posted by: Rich K at February 29, 2012 01:36 AM (X4l3T)
Posted by: Amy Shulkusky at February 29, 2012 01:46 AM (jKunv)
Yes I am a chinless fuck.
Posted by: Chuck Todd at February 29, 2012 04:08 AM (WBfjO)
Probably less than six months left.
You have seen the pictures of her, I dare you disagree with me.
Posted by: Gulfkraken at February 29, 2012 04:10 AM (WBfjO)
Posted by: Solo at February 29, 2012 04:39 AM (NBOA5)
She will always be welcome in Vermont and Brattleboro.......
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at February 29, 2012 06:04 AM (48wze)
Fuck this scrunt. Worthless, lying, backstabbing bitch. Smart money says Obastard offered her an ambassadorship. I'm willing to bet she'll go all Will Folks and say sacred honor compels her to run as a Democrat.
Godd riddance to bad rubbish. Die, Snowe, die now.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Clitoris at February 29, 2012 07:17 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Oscar Meyer at February 29, 2012 08:17 AM (Z+cHn)
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