>Rass. She's still gonna win. Quit bashing her because she's a Republican. If you're gonna do that on party only, you clearly have no idea what she's really like
At the end of the day, Susan Collins is still a Republican. The people of Maine don't realize that a vote for Collins is a vote to give Republicans control of the Senate.
I wish they would make ads that emphasized this.
It wouldn't matter. If they didn't realize and care about it in 1996, 2002, and 2008, why are they going to do so now?
Susan Collins votes with Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz on basically everything of importance. She's just as far-right in practice as the rest of them.
National Journal disagrees with you. In its 2013 vote rankings, Ted Cruz is rated the 4th most conservative senator, Collins is the most moderate republican in the senate (!). (McConnell, for the record, is at 25th most conservative)
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Here's the thing. Although Collins is to the right of Snowe (R-ME; Retired in '12), she remains moderate enough for the state of Maine, and if she was any more moderate, she'd be to the left of at least one democrat. She is nowhere near Mike Lee/Ted Cruz types of republicans in any way, shape, or form. She faced credible opponents in 96, 02, and 08, and aside from 96, she has always won by over 15 points. Bellows is her lowest-tier opponent yet, and she's not going to win no matter what. I'll be surprised if this race is within 20 points.
She's as safe, if not safer, as Risch in ID, Lankford and Inhofe in OK, and Alexander in TN.
