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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:11 PM Jan 2019

Collins 'getting ready' for 2020 run, splits shutdown blame

Source: MSN

PORTLAND, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins is "getting ready to run" for re-election, she said during a television appearance Sunday, but she reiterated that she won't make a decision until the end of the year.

Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine who was first elected to the Senate in 1996, also said on NBC's "Meet The Press" that she thinks Republicans and Democrats are both at fault for the government shutdown and that a compromise could be brokered soon.

Democrats and liberal groups have targeted Collins for her role in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh last year. A crowd-funded effort to boost her opponent in 2020 has received more than $3.7 million.

Collins has yet to make a firm commitment about whether she's running for re-election. She told "Meet The Press" host Chuck Todd she would prefer to use this year to legislate rather than campaign.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/collins-getting-ready-for-2020-run-splits-shutdown-blame/ar-BBRSbi6



Susan Collins is once again doing false equivalency thing, which makes her an independent thinker for the media even though she will always end up voting with Trump. It is amazing how people fall for this song and dance.
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Collins 'getting ready' for 2020 run, splits shutdown blame (Original Post) TomCADem Jan 2019 OP
Ha! NurseJackie Jan 2019 #1
NOPE! Her game with the Kavanaugh appointment will never allow her a chance at re-election. Equinox Moon Jan 2019 #2
So she's 'concerned' again? pecosbob Jan 2019 #3
Susan Collins is the ultimate concern troll. TomCADem Jan 2019 #5
Door Number 2 Lochloosa Jan 2019 #8
Both Of The Above nt smb Jan 2019 #17
+1! True Blue American Jan 2019 #21
Hope she... Mike Nelson Jan 2019 #4
Surprise! Susan Collins is Concerned... TomCADem Jan 2019 #6
LOL! Superimpose liberalhistorian Jan 2019 #15
We see ya Sue. sheshe2 Jan 2019 #7
Can't wait to Fund Her Opponent! McKim Jan 2019 #9
Me, too. Will donate to opponent. Irishxs Jan 2019 #13
So... anything short of wearing a MAGA hat Harker Jan 2019 #10
You should have said, "She's the russian senator from Maine." PSPS Jan 2019 #11
Same thing! Harker Jan 2019 #12
She thinks both sides are at fault. WRONG!!! sprinkleeninow Jan 2019 #14
Typical MSM. Calls her a "moderate". Scruffy1 Jan 2019 #16
Collins sitting on the Fence once again--until she tips toward the Right! riversedge Jan 2019 #18
I've already donated to her opponent. nt Gore1FL Jan 2019 #19
Isn't that just typical Susan Collins? Did we expect anything different to come out of her mouth? YOHABLO Jan 2019 #20

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
5. Susan Collins is the ultimate concern troll.
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:18 PM
Jan 2019

She has becoming a walking and talking meme. She either has no spine, since she is afraid of a primary challenge, or she really is just as racist as the rest of Trump's base, but tries to keep it secret.

Mike Nelson

(9,966 posts)
4. Hope she...
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:17 PM
Jan 2019

...loses big! Wonder what running the government has to do with the "wall," since she says "both at fault." When did running the USA have anything to do with The Donald's wall? At least, Susan Collins seemed intelligent, once...

McKim

(2,412 posts)
9. Can't wait to Fund Her Opponent!
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:39 PM
Jan 2019

I am putting money by to contribute to her opponent’s campaign! I hope every woman in Maine remembers just why Kavanaugh is now serving on OUR Supreme Court!

Harker

(14,033 posts)
10. So... anything short of wearing a MAGA hat
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:50 PM
Jan 2019

on the Senate floor earns the description "moderate?" One might think it's her true title. The questionable descriptor needs to be ignored. Or better, dropped. She's a republican senator from Maine.

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)
16. Typical MSM. Calls her a "moderate".
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 08:06 PM
Jan 2019

I am continually amazed at the term. It's a non existant species. When push comes to shove they all go with the party line.

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