Collins represents her state.
She often votes as Free Republic would like her to vote, and when she does not it somehow is lost on the conversation here in Free Republic that she is representing her States voters and not people here in this conversation. The bottom line on all of this is no other Republican could have held her seat in Maine as long as she has, and if a Democrat had held that seat then we would never ever have gotten any votes we might prefer from that seat.
Now in terms of her specific response, the issue is the definition of the core principles that she talks about. She has been in Congress for a very long time and she is part of the swamp. She does not accept that a core principle of the GOP is draining the swamp. She is not the only one in the GOP with that opinion.
Of all of Trumps positions that had broad appeal, draining the swamp is the single one that will be most difficult to carry the day because eventually it must necessarily turn into support for term limits. Absolutely no swamp monster have either party is going to support that.
“The bottom line on all of this is no other Republican could have held her seat in Maine as long as she has, and if a Democrat had held that seat then we would never ever have gotten any votes we might prefer from that seat.”
You seem to be going over the heads of may with your comment, particularly the person who posted the article.
Anyway, as they’re rounded up for ‘re-education’, they’ll probably come to realize that maybe RINOs really are better than Democrats, although they’ll learn in the camps that they must keep thoughts like that to themselves.