Lincoln Chafee was not anything like his father, so I’m sorry you mentioned him, but at least Snowe and Collins sometimes “get it.”
I do realize the conservatives can’t win in New England, but are Snowe and Collins the best we can expect from Maine? Are the days of a Cohen gone? IIRC, he wasn’t quite as liberal as the two women.
Your state elects Republican governors. Maybe one of your retired governors will run for senate? I saw one on Sean Hannity’s panel.
Yes but the last Republican governor, McKernan is Snowe’s
wife er I meant husband. He was governor from 1986-1994
Snowe and Collins used to be good RINOs, and I defended them here for years.
A good RINO comes from a liberal state, where a conservative simply can’t be elected. Good RINOs are allowed to talk liberal talk, the more the better, and they are allowed to vote with the Dems on most issues most of the time, so they can boast how great they are to their constituents. But when a key vote arrives, and their votes are absolutely needed, then they must vote as the leadership instructs them. Maybe only one of the two votes with the leadership, if that’s all they need to barely pass or defeat a bill, but they must come through at those key times.
The problem is that we no longer have real leadership—someone who will ensure that these guys vote with the leadership when it is demanded of them, or else suffer the consequences. Why should Snowe do what the leadership tells her when she knows very well that there are no consequences for disobeying?
That happened with Lincoln Chaffee earlier. He was responsible for losing ANWR by one vote, and then the stupid leaders turned around and supported him big time with lots of campaign funds in the next primary, before he lost the election. Why? They were rewarding him for disobedience and treachery. That’s not how you run a party or win elections.