“.....So the red flag was already raised about Ayotte, both by Palin and NR, in that case for abandonment of well-stated conservative principle on immigration in the name of “bipartisanship” — a word specifically cited by Buckley as “the most alarming single danger to the American political system.” With no less than Governor Palin herself accusing Ayotte of having gone back on principle.
Now come these multiples of reports of a “lynch mob” from people “inside the room” of that Republican-Senators-only lunch. Tellingly the tale comes from senators who agreed with Ayotte and couldn’t wait to alert the media — and not just any media but the New York Times (!!) — of her performance. Why? Because they thought making it known of a GOP Senate lynch mob going after Cruz and Lee helped the cause they share with her. Ayotte was “furious” with Cruz, these GOP senators proclaimed. Furious because conservative groups were criticizing Ayotte for opposing Cruz and Lee in their efforts to both end Obamacare and begin the move to restore fiscal sanity to America.
What does this behavior of Ayotte’s say? What does it say about the other named GOP senators — Indiana’s Dan Coats and Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson — in the story? Not to mention those who were not mentioned but were part of what the paper called the “lynch mob” that was out for Cruz and Lee? What does it telegraph?
Simply put, this behavior screams; “It’s all about ME!!!”
Forget about principle. Forget about campaign promises. Forget that Ayotte “Granite Grizzly” business and Palin’s description of Ayotte being a “true conservative.” It’s all about attacks on Kelly Ayotte — by conservatives.......”
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/10/08/kelly-ayottes-lynch-mob/print
Ayotte, at the knee of McCain and Graham, was always the centerpiece of her earliest freshman photo ops, and she has cheerfully joined every gang of theirs since. Her camera face time has been exclusively used to push their agenda of compromise, non-stop.
Ayotte’s yellow streak has been glaringly obvious from the get-go, and no one had to warn us, or point it out.
Alaska has a bad democrat streak, obviously, and has generally offered no great support to the Constitution, nor to conservatives. Their senator typically wins and legislates by pushing their resources, and then turns over to vote with the Democrats on everything else. What a cushy, no-brainer job. The country needs a Republican to challenge that liberal streak there, who cares and can win.
Collins is a democrat straight out.