[DIRTYSECRET]

Been waiting for an article like this. There are too many naysayers on this board. We need to thank her for the Kavanaugh vote.

She's not Jim Jeffords. She's not Lincoln Chaffee. Imagine Tillis or Lankford as the 51st vote in a democrat administration. How many other 'conservatives' would change their colors if they were the 51st?

Our problem is with the rinos in red states that keep getting nominated after they've gone stale as 'conservatives'. Think Cornyn, Murkowski. Mittens and Sasse had the good sense to get out.

[DIRTYSECRET]

The math is simple. We need 54-55 senate seats to cover for those that play games within their party. In some cases it’s good that they may vote out of political necessity or speak out. Rand is tolerable.

[AZJeep]

As somebody said (Reagan?)

Support the most conservative candidate who has the chance of winning!

And Susan is that candidate!
The only elected Republican in congress from the whole New England!
She surely has something working for her.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

She's not a Thom Tillis or a Jim Lankford who talks a good game about being conservative and proceeds to stick us in the back.

Yeah she is.

We need to thank her for the Kavanaugh vote.

We shouldn't have to thank her for pretending to be a Republican. Her only value is the "R" after her name.

[Dan in Wichita]

I hope Collins wins. She's the best we'll get out of Maine.

We will soon be hearing on this thread and elsewhere from the purists who hope for Collins' defeat because "they're tired of choosing between the lesser of two evils" or some other trite response we've heard millions of times.

Those who spout those worn out cliches think they're smarter and more principled than everyone else, but what they're really doing is exposing their ignorance of politics and the reality of how the world works.

Flame away 'tards.

[sauropod]

Uh, no.

[bigbob]

Interesting take- contrary to the usual FR name-calling

[Ex-Con777]

She also could be the reason for the shutdown….indirectly.

She heads the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Schumer and gang don’t want her to have any political wins going into her reelection in 2026. They have blocked every effort coming out of her committee.

It’s all about a raw power grab on the left.

EC

[ModelBreaker]

“Our problem is with the rinos in red states that keep getting nominated after they’ve gone stale as ‘conservatives’. Think Cornyn, Murkowski. Mittens and Sasse had the good sense to get out.”

Yup.

[Bikkuri]