Does anyone think that closing Maine's bases backfired on *?

spooky3

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Tue May-24-05 09:09 AM
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Does anyone think that closing Maine's bases backfired on *?

Rove was trying to put pressure on Maine's two senators. But they were both in the moderate coalition. Maybe they stood up to the pressure to do what they thought was right anyway. Or, announcing the planned closings did just the opposite of what Rove wanted: they got angry and decided they weren't going to take it anymore.

Please discuss.

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DemocracyInaction

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Tue May-24-05 09:12 AM
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1. Yep, - at least with Collins

Snowe would have gone along with the coalition because Maine has turned quite blue and she is up for re-election. Even as the darling of Maine she could have been flushed. Collins is somewhat the new darling of the Bush regime and would have probably stayed out of the coalition. BUT because Maine is in the mood to ask Papa Bush and his filthy tribe to pack up their shit in Kennebunkport and move, she (even though not up until '08), I think realized that any suggestion of going to bed with George could get her a one way ticket out of the state!!!!!!!!!

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spooky3

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Tue May-24-05 09:13 AM
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2. very interesting!

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babylonsister

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Tue May-24-05 09:21 AM
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3. Or it could just be that some repugs found

they actually have a conscience and some integrity, and didn't want to turn our country into a one-party gang bang.

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merbex

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Tue May-24-05 09:26 AM
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4. 6 of one half a dozen of another

You'd have to be deluded to think that the Repug Party you joined as a kid is still what it was

Collins and the rest are in for it now from inside their own Party- ask Christie Todd Whitman

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue May-24-05 09:29 AM
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5. She's not the darling of this Mainer... or many others that I know. It

Edited on Tue May-24-05 09:29 AM by GreenPartyVoter

would have been lovely to flush her out of the Senate last time around in favor of Chellie Pingree, but she didn't care to use the Clean Election public financing option and just outspent her way back into office. x(

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DemocracyInaction

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Tue May-24-05 09:33 AM
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6. Green---I'm talking about Snowe being a fixture - Collins isn't that

entrenched yet. But, as I said, people are mad enough right now that Snowe could be flushed if she doesn't "oppose" George.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue May-24-05 09:36 AM
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7. Oh....now.. Snowe will stay and I will tell you why

1) She occasionally gets things right...ike trying to do something about the midwest air pollution that floats in over us.

2) She has seniority on the Hill. That right there is the main reason she keeps going back, more than any other. She helps keep Maine higher up on the attention chain.

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spooky3

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Wed May-25-05 07:13 PM
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8. I hope the Maine voters can find a good Dem to run against Collins, then.

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Dervill Crow

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Wed May-25-05 09:12 PM
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11. I didn't know anything about Snowe before I saw her on CSPAN today,

but I was pretty impressed.

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paineinthearse

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Wed May-25-05 07:15 PM
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9. The major base being closed is Portsmouth

A shipyard that repairs boomers. It extends across the state line, so its closing screws New Hampshire as well.

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MaineDem

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Wed May-25-05 07:41 PM
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10. Nope, it's in Maine - Kittery

But many employees live in NH and Portsmouth is just across the bridge and businesses will be impacted big time.

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