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| 'Dire crisis' spurs Maine's Collins |
| 2009-02-22 |
| Sen. Susan Collins, whose support for a scaled-back stimulus bill broke a Republican filibuster and handed President Obama and the Democrats a political victory, isn't the most popular person in her chamber's GOP caucus right now. Her support for the bill, she acknowledges, has come at a cost that has chilled relationships with some of her GOP colleagues, but that it was the right thing to do. "I believe this is truly a dire crisis," the Maine lawmaker told the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. "When we lose 600,000 jobs in one month and when unemployment in Maine is at a 16-year record high at 7 percent, and when each day brings reports of another loss of jobs in Maine and across the country, I don't believe a responsible reaction is to just say no." She also touts the bipartisan efforts that went into the stimulus bill, citing six Republicans and 14 centrist Democrats who worked to scale back the bill after it left the House. "We were able to weed out of this bill $100 billion of spending, some of which may be worthwhile, but was not stimulative," she said. Mrs. Collins, along with fellow senators Olympia Snowe, also from Maine, and Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, provided the three critical votes that saved Mr. Obama from a setback on the central economic plank in his agenda. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 If it were up to me I'd throw her out of the repub caucus. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-02-22 17:59 |
| #8 Exactly Elmineger. The seat does 0 good now. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2009-02-22 15:57 |
| #7 "But we will lose the seat" if we don't support Collins! It looks like the seat is gone already. |
| Posted by: Elmineger Ghibelline1609 2009-02-22 14:34 |
| #6 Not one RNC dime. That should make a point. Finance a real Repub to run against her too. If the RNC doesn't then they won't see a dime from me. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-02-22 12:59 |
| #5 They can give this dumb cow the cold shoulder, but it does little good. Maine voters are apparently very liberal and continue to support this whiner. Only voters in Maine can correct this big error. They won't. Look at the voting characteristics of all the Northeast. I'd like to know how this has happened ? |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-02-22 11:02 |
| #4 Medium Well STEAK?! What happened to the Carnivore in you? Leave it Rare and eat in front of a local PETA HQ. In fact, throw a BBW in across from one! |
| Posted by: Charles 2009-02-22 10:38 |
| #3 Medium well Besoeker, that's criminal. The only meats to be cooked medium well are terrorists. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-02-22 10:02 |
| #2 Thank you, but I'll be passing on the Maine Lobster Thermador special. It looks a bit too RED! I'll have that lovely 14 oz Texas Black Angus Porterhouse smothered in Vidalia onions, arugula, and parmesan instead. Medium well please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-22 08:39 |
| #1 "when unemployment in Maine is at a 16-year record high at 7 percent" Up from its norm of 6.8%? |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2009-02-22 08:18 |