Posted on 10/09/2017 5:23:46 PM PDT by cotton1706
Backers of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins say they wish they could clone the moderate Republican powerbroker from Maine who has been a crucial swing vote in Congress as Republicans struggle to deliver on President Donald Trump's legislative agenda.
Collins says she will decide during the Senate's weeklong Columbus Day recess whether to stay in the Senate, where she has served for four terms, or again run for governor in Maine.
The Associated Press interviewed 10 of Collins' current and former colleagues and staffers, along with Maine political observers. They said the senator is carefully weighing whether she can have more impact in the Senate or as a governor replacing the term-limited, Trump-allied Republican Gov. Paul LePage.
"I feel like that losing her in the Senate is losing the only existing bridge between the Democrats and Republicans that is there," said Michael Bopp, who has worked as legislative director and counsel to Collins.
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It’s, also, rumored that La Paige’s wife might run for U.S. Senate, instead of him running.
Maybe they could clone her so she could occupy both offices, since this unlikely appearing person seems to be indispensable. Get a grip, Mainers.
Her Senate seat is up in 2020. If she runs and wins for Gov. someone has to finish out her Senate term. Collins would pick that person. Would she pick LePage? I seriously doubt it. It would definitely be a ‘Republican’. LePage could get selected without any effort and ride Trump’s coattails in 2020. As for Angus King(2020) someone suggested MS. LePage! Maybe Save on commuter costs.
Maine needs her like they need a democratic governor...they both would be the same...the northeast is slowly dying...
Gawd knows we've had plenty of those, including Anus King.
Or she doesn’t care.
Or she doesn’t care.
Good, I hope he does. Would he stand a chance of winning? Excuse all the stupid questions but I’m from the other side of the country
Every Republican interviewed was a RINO, and of those persons named there was but a single Senator.
relax, folks. LePen’s gotta base in Maine that rivals Trumps. Frankly, I don’t think she’d win another term in the Senate.
Well, he won a second term, but the queers, NAACP, anti-Trumpers and other RATs will be hell-bent-for-election to defeat him.
He claims: "I was Trump, before Trump was Trump."
Wait a minute, wait a minute....
Who?
First and foremost she is a defective LIB.
“These people never work....”
Why 5 Weeks in the summer plus a work week of 3 days. Monday and Friday for travel. Total waste of my money.
Collins is too old and seems to have some sort of tremor like Parkinsons
Tough call, if it is her or Janet Mills. Both are bad.
Gun grabber Manchin? He co wrote the most heinous gun grabbing legislation in congress. I wouldn’t classify that as moderate, do you?
Susan Collins and 0lympia Snow are a real dyed in the wool rino hacks . They always stick together and love voting nay .
Yes, that too!
I refer to her as Senator Catherine Hepburn of Maine.
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