Snowe and Collins will continue to be reelected as long as they choose to run, and probably with increasing margins.
Unless the State of Maine goes in the economic tank. Don’t buy lobsters, don’t go there on vacation.
Unlike some of the large Blue Zone states, Maine is vulnerable to economic sanctions. Slight declines can have a very large effect.
I believe it was on Fox last week during a discussion of how these two faux-Republicans could be repeatedly re-elected, I heard the figure thrown out that 80% of Maine's population receives some sort of gov't assistance. IF that is true, you're correct. They should become even more popular with their support of the "Porkulus" Bill and be able to add even more dependents to the rolls.