Frankly, I am looking around and I don't see a suitable replacement in Maine.
Yep, what you say is true. The two guys I mention above may be red herrings, or kooks. Unknown.
Here is the hope: A credible threat from the Right will lock-step Snowe for the remainder (until the next lame-duck when she will go all Spector-Bennett on us for sure), and it will also cause Collins to get religion if she values her job as well.
There are some who say she may simply go the way of Dodd and bail in the face of a mounted early threat. Here’s hoping.