ME-SEN: Democrats increase pressure on Susan Collins as Trump impeachment trial begins

[RandySF]

Democrats intent on unseating Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins want to make the Senate impeachment trial as much an indictment of her as it is of President Trump.

With the trial beginning in earnest Tuesday, an activist group plans to broadcast videos of Collins on a billboard truck outside the Capitol contrasting her comments during the 1999 Clinton impeachment and now, particularly regarding whether to call witnesses. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee created a website called “What’s Changed Susan?” to highlight her comments in favor of needing more evidence then versus now.

Collins, a moderate Republican in a state that leans Democrat, is in the most difficult reelection battle of her career. Maine is a state Republicans are desperate to hold as they’re forced to defend seats in Arizona, Colorado and North Carolina, and it’s one Democrats would need to flip to take over the Senate.

Collins has long promoted herself as a rare moderate voice in Congress. Her support for abortion rights and pro-LGBT issues has made her an ally for Democrats on the GOP side of the aisle during many social issue debates.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-increase-the-pressure-on-susan-collins-as-senate-impeachment-trial-begins/2020/01/21/15289d60-3a17-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

[leftieNanner]

1. Susan needs to go

And this whole "moderate" description of her is BS. She has not been a moderate in quite a while. She pretends to be and then she goes ahead and puts Brett Beer Boy on the Supreme Court!

She gets pillow talk from her right wing husband and she toes the line that Moscow Mitch draws in the sand for her.

It's time for the MSM to stop calling her a moderate.

[SunSeeker]

2. Exactly. Anyone who goes along with Mitch McConnell's travesties is no moderate. nt

[Wounded Bear]

7. Susan is a MINO-Moderate in name only...

talks a "moderate" line, then votes strict party loyalty.

[OrlandoDem2]

3. What about Corey Gardner and Lamar Alexander?

[at140]

4. Lamar is old and probably ready to retire

Corey will become a lobbyist and probably triple his income.

[Greywing]

6. Speaking as a Coloradoan ...

I honestly cannot even imagine Gardner being reelected in Colorado. Really strong ads against him pointing out his failures and lies from independent pacs ... Once Dems pick a candidate (which I expect to be Hickenlooper) he's done for. It's been 800 days or so since he's even made an appearance of a town hall.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Hickenlooper's daughter announced she's going to work for daddy...

I think his campaign is on. He's a bit of a moderate, but would have to be really inept to be worse than Gardner.

Let's finish turning Colorado blue.

[Greywing]

10. I think Hick already announced he is running for Senate

right after he terminated his run for President

[at140]

12. You ever seen a defeated Senator in re-election ever..

lack of income producing avenues after loss? I can't think of any ex-senator hard up for money.
If nothing else there is always work as a lobbyist due to connections developed in DC.

[Amaryllis]

5. She's not for abortion rights if she voted for Kavenaugh. That's an oxymoron.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Well, she probably breathes oxygen...

the rest I'll leave to others' imagination.

[bdamomma]

11. I just gave her

opponent Sara Gideon a small donation.

I have been going back and forth between Amy McGrath and Sara Gideon to give donations to.

Both Collins and McConnell must be voted out.