Collins is retiring. Lugar may get beaten in the Indiana primary— replacements are rarely an improvement.
Snowe is the one who is retiring.
Collins is up for re-election in 2014.
No, I think you’re thinking of Snowe who’s retiring. Collins has a couple more years to make that decision.
Toomey replaced Specter in PA, so that was at least one improvement.
Ginsburg was confirmed 96-3, so I guess we have to give our guys some credit for growing some bigger cajones since then. Sotomayor got just a couple more Republican votes than Kagan, but at least she wasn’t as blatantly and obviously unqualified for the job.
Richard Mourdock is plenty Conservative.
Lugar has to go.
The way I hear it, a TEA Party endorsed man is poised to win Lugar’s seat. THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN.