Will Susan Collins run for Maine governor in 2018?

[ClimateDem]

Thoughts?

[Maxwell]

It would be a shame if she did, considering she would be blocking a third term of the great Paul LePage.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

It would be a shame if she did, considering she would be blocking a third term of the great Paul LePage.

Lepage is term-limited.

[Maxwell]

It would be a shame if she did, considering she would be blocking a third term of the great Paul LePage.

Lepage is term-limited.

Oh sure, some other, Governor that has to abide by the law of country may be, but not Paul LePage. The man makes his own laws!

[Free Bird]

She called the idea silly, but we all know she wants her chance after 20+ years

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Emily Cain or Collins might run for Gov; and it will be good, too if it is another yr of woman and Stephanie Rawlings, Kathleen Townsend; and Lisa Madigan all ran.

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Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

[Free Bird]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

[smoltchanov]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

[Maxwell]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

[SATW]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

Thank you, finally someone said what we've all been thinking.

[smoltchanov]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

Well, you probably understand that i don't care about being interesting to someone. In fact - to anyone. I wrote many times that i value this site as one where everyone can express it's opinion (including myself and you), but i really care about opinion of only one person - myself.

And no, i don't intend to "Get a new schtick". Because of 3 reasons:

1. I don't want that, and, as i said above - that's the main (and almost only) reason important for me.

2. There are much less moderates then "hard liberals" here, so it's only natural to try to balance situation a little. Otherwise the site will become an "echo chamber", which both DKE and RRH already became. With absolute intolerance of any different views and repeated chewing of the same themes, candidates and positions

3. In THIS thread the phrase was entirely ON the subject. simply because Collins is, probably, the best example of moderate now (in fact, IMHO, there are only 2 or 3 in Senate: her, Manchin, and, may be, Murkowski). So, i can guarantee you, that every time someone will begin to speak about her "supposedly being somehow moderate" he/she will get such answer from me.. Because it's simply a lie. And lie must not go unanswered.

[smoltchanov]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

Thank you, finally someone said what we've all been thinking.

"We"? Who - "we"? Learn to speak for yourself, man)))))

[Free Bird]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

Thank you, finally someone said what we've all been thinking.

"We"? Who - "we"? Learn to speak for yourself, man)))))

Welcome to th Democratic hive mind of this site

[mds32]

If Sen. Collins wants to be Governor she can have it, she would literally waltz into the office. The GOP isn't as at much risk of losing the seat as it was in 2012 because it has built up a bench. it could be a Rep. Poliquin vs. Rep. Pingree matchup for the seat. And although Rep. Pingree has been there longer, Poliquin's voting record has been far more moderate than has been expected. It's possible the GOP could hold her Senate seat for another term, giving Sen. Collins more of a reason to run for the Governor spot if she wants it.

[smoltchanov]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

Thank you, finally someone said what we've all been thinking.

"We"? Who - "we"? Learn to speak for yourself, man)))))

Welcome to th Democratic hive mind of this site

Exactly. That's the reason why i, with views generally closer to Democrats, never had a desire to be "official Democrat". Ditto - for Republicans

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Susan Collins' 2014 opponent was infinitely more interesting than a dull as dishwater moderate. I wouldn't go down the route of asking for 'interesting' candidates if you are a moderate. Nothing more predictable than an establishment moderate. (perhaps if Collins was of the Radical Centre, I would agree; but she strikes me as generic republican in a different place to where you usually find them.)

[VPH]

If she does, endorsed. She's got labor behind her and has the talent of being able to compromise. The only issue I have with her is her overly hawkish foreign policy, which doesn't affect a governor.

[rbt48]

Maybe LePage can take her place in the Senate.  I don't think there is a senator with French-Canadian ancestry since Landrieu was defeated.  It is a group that needs to be represented.

:-)

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Not unless it's a wave. She's too much of a team player to leave the Senate.

[CountryClassSF]

It would be a shame if she did, considering she would be blocking a third term of the great Paul LePage.

I wish, but I think Maine has term limits.

[RINO Tom]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

He shouldn't, but you certainly aren't any more "convicted" or less of a phony or someyhing if your views aren't moderate...

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Probably not, but hopefully another good Republican will take the bait.

[Maxwell]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

He shouldn't, but you certainly aren't any more "convicted" or less of a phony or someyhing if your views aren't moderate...

I don't pretend like I'm interesting though.

[smoltchanov]

Isn't it easier for her to keep winning Senate election after Senator election based upon supposedly being somehow moderate?

Her voting record proves she IS a moderate, unlike Kirk who just touts it around to stay in power

+1. Collins IS a true moderate for all, but "hard left". And who is interested in "hard left" opinions?  They are so predicatable that it's boring...

Do you think you are inherently interesting in your moderation? Newsflash: you aren't. How many times do we have to hear, in threads were this was clearly not the subject, that there used to be really conservative democrats and really liberal republicans. REALLY?

Get a new schtick.

Do you think you are inherently interesting by being a modreate

He shouldn't, but you certainly aren't any more "convicted" or less of a phony or someyhing if your views aren't moderate...

I don't pretend like I'm interesting though.

Neither do i.