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  • Hypocrisy Watch

    —Collins Watch

    From MPBN:Maine Sen. Susan Collins has come out in opposition to President Obama's nomination of Rafael Borras for a top post at the Department of Homeland Security.

    [...]

    Collins says in his current position, Borras manages 100 people, and in the new DHS position, he would manage' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 2:07pm EDT

  • BDN: Public Option Essential

    —Collins Watch

    They write editorials:Without the public option--Democrats are now calling it the "consumer option" and "competitive option," to explain its raison d'etre--the health care bill is a partial fix, something like putting three new snow tires on the car.

    Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, whose vote for the Finance' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:30pm EDT

  • Missed This

    —Collins Watch

    The Lewiston Sun Journal has some thoughts: As soon as Sen. Olympia Snowe voted for health care reform, the nation's eyes turned toward her counterpart, Sen. Susan Collins. Hijinks ensued.

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    On Oct. 14, [Collins] released a long statement that essentially said she endorses health reform that' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:51am EDT

  • Memo to Maine Media

    —Collins Watch

    A public option that anyone can purchase is now supported in Maine by a margin of 61%-28%.

    That's a landslide--and an even bigger margin than the last Research 2000 poll.


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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:28pm EDT

  • Halloween Horrors vs Bureauracracy

    —Union Maine

    Number of comments: 0
    The witching season is almost here. I have heard State Employees called names, but I bet they wouldn't call this employee names. Vampire Birth Certificate - watch more funny videos Enter your Email Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz Related articles by ZemantaHow Customer Makes Customer Service Impossible (howtospoter.com) ' [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:40pm EDT
    by Thomas Maher

  • Short Term Memory

    —Collins Watch

    Sen. Collins now: Maine Senator Susan Collins is demanding to know why there are shortages of the H1N1 vaccine...In her letter, Collins said the tight supplies of the H1N1 vaccine is [sic] "alarming."Collins this spring:



    She also thinks the Obama administration is "not doing a" [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:02am EDT

  • Is It Time To Shoot the Dog?

    —Union Maine

    Number of comments: 1
    The discussion forum copied after the highly successful AMG, http://unionmaine.informe.com, is probably in it's last days. I wanted to provide the same type of format that the right has found so highly successful and give "the good guys" a place to talk. There were some posts, there were a lot of [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
    by Thomas Maher

  • Something to Watch

    —Collins Watch

    Matthew Yglesias writes:One good way to tell the difference between a member of congress who’s genuinely concerned about the long-term budget deficit and a hypocritical jackass is to ask them where they stand on the Kyl-Lincoln $250 billion budget-busting giveaway to the children of extremely rich people.Of course, Sen. [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:15am EDT

  • Diamon: PPH Story Not Journalism

    —Collins Watch

    At Downeast.com:On Oct. 25, the Maine Sunday Telegram...did its own story, by staff writer Matt Wickenheiser, that incorporated some of the [Washington] Post's material, but added another round of fawning interviews--again, without a single critical opinion.

    Collins has a great work ethic, we’re told, because of her background' [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:23pm EDT

  • Snark Watch

    —Collins Watch

    New York Magazine: Reading the Post article today, we were reminded of one of our favorite things that happens whenever [Sens. Snowe and Collins] are covered in the press together. There's always a line like this, in every story (emphasis ours):Snowe and Collins, who are not personally close' [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 1:27pm EDT

  • Zip It

    —Collins Watch

    Sen. Susan Collins is unhappy with the pace of the H1N1 vaccination program.“There still is an issue of whether the vaccine is going to get to people too late,” Rep. Susan Collins (R-Maine), vice chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, said after Health and Human [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:52am EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    —Collins Watch

    Sen. Susan Collins:"I don't play the game with the administration, 'I'll give them a vote if they give me X, Y, Z for Maine.' I advocate very hard for the state of Maine on a host of issues, but I'm not interested in a quid pro quo." [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:48am EDT

  • Rare Burst of Candor

    —Collins Watch

    From Roll Call:"Susan Collins is as conservative a Senator as can be elected from Maine," a former GOP Senate leadership aide said. "She is wired differently than Sen. Snowe."That sounds about right. More:Republican Senate aides say Collins has kept [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell informed of her position from [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:36am EDT
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