Susan Collins on March 23, 2006 delivers Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy Lecture, discussing "Sen. Smith's legacy as it relates to ethics in modern politics," but not without protest from those who remember the dead of the war Senator Collins helped start.
Senator Susan Collins, October 9, 2002: The reports demonstrating Iraq's violation of U.N. resolutions are numerous, compelling, and indisputable. They are based on the findings of U.N. weapons inspectors, credible reports from Iraqi defectors, sophisticated surveillance equipment, and other strong evidence.Statements like this have over the years infuriated me concerning Senator Susan Collins. She is so slippery, she weaves so easily through the waters of war making and promotion of jingoist consensus. HERE is why I think a quote in a New York Times piece on Collins over the weekend was absolutely wrong: "'She is very popular,' [president of Critical Insights Mary Ellen] FitzGerald said. 'She draws from Democrats as well as Republicans. She really is bipartisan. I can't ever remember anybody saying anything disparaging about her.'"
Well, Ms. Fitzgerald has missed the above and a great deal of blog activity critical of our senator.
Hat tip to Gerald for the NYT story and to Collins Watch for describing "How to swing an election."
What I am leaving unwritten for the moment is an analysis of why 1st District Congressman Tom Allen seems to be losing this election so badly. The Times piece and certainly the CW post do offer some insights.
But briefly my own take: Tom Allen has run a lousy campaign seemingly devoid of any of the things he would have had to do a long time ago if he had wanted to win. More on this later... but you are welcome to comment below.
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