I agree with you 100% and cannot understand the mentality that won’t give these two women credit when credit is due. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are ALWAYS there for our military. Snowe fought long and hard to get two facilities off the BRAC list that should never have been put on — Sub repair at Groton and the Portsmouth facility.
You are correct that it is the best we can get and they have a better voting record on issues then the vast majority of Dems — way better. Obviously the people yelling the loudest against these two are not Republican or they would understand that most of New England is far from conservative but they keep sending the two Republicans back who vote for their constituents which is all you can ask.
This idea to throw people out that don’t meet the standards of some conservatives is ludicrous at best and just plain stupid IMHO. They all vote for Majority Leader and Speaker so if we can pick up more in New England then I say Welcome Aboard. Heck we have a Senator from TX that leans pro-choice and no one goes after her the way they do the two women from Maine and personally like the demeanor of the two Maine women much better.
People forget that Snowe was there when there used to be Dems that you could work with like Sam Nunn, David Boren, and Scoop Jackson for starters. It has always been the nature of the Senate to try and be as bi-partisan as possible. When Snowe gave up on the Dems, that spoke volumes.
Thank you for your post and your common sense — something that has been missing around here lately.
PhiKapMom -
Good points. I think that having at least one republican on board was just almost as important as having the 60th vote. I think this vote will prove the lie about “moderate dems” They do not exist. I do think the Republicans still have moderates - which I’’m sure is annoying to many on here - but sure beats having a democrat from Maine in the Senate.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while.
If we had real conservatives in their positions you would have had to write all that to defend them.
What's that? We can't elect conservatives in Maine? Then we need to make the “clammas” wake up!
“Susan Collins are ALWAYS there for our military.”
I remember watching the late night filibuster a few years ago on the Iraq war, when the Democrats wanted to defund it. If I recall Collins was standing along side the Democrats.
Well I like to read intelligent discussion, whether I end up agreeing or not, so if either of you think there are points that are "missing" go ahead and post and share it; like you did here. I mean, can you complain that your point of view "has been missing around here lately" when you haven't posted it? Thanks for posting.