How Olympia Snowe should have fought against polarized politics
Sen. Olympia Snowe
In an announcement that sent Democrats scrambling to build campaigns and sent Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell scrambling for a bottle of Maalox, moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe suddenly announced last week that she wo...
ME-Sen: Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe to retire
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R)
Red alert! Longtime Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe—in a huge, huge shocker—says she's retiring! All we have is a tweet so far:
“After an extraordinary amount of reflection and consideration, I am announcing today that I wi...
ME-Sen: Olympia Snowe looks completely dominant in new poll
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R)
Public Policy Polling (PDF). 10/28-31. Maine voters. MoE ±3.8 (no trendlines):
Olympia Snowe (R-inc): 64
Matthew Dunlap (D): 22
Undecided: 15
Olympia Snowe (R-inc): 65
Jon Hinck (D): 18
Undecided: 17
Scott D'Amboise (R): 23
Ma...
Senate Republicans united in obstructing job creation, infrastructure repair
Sen. Olympia Snowe: "No jobs for you!"
(Source: Jason Reed/Reuters)
Today, the Senate is talking about whether they should vote to debate a jobs bill. Another Republican filibuster looms, in which the Republican Senate won't even vote to allow the S...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Arizona Republicans impeach redistricting commissioner
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Leading Off:
• AZ Redistricting: Wow. Just wow. With the support of Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona Republicans went completely nuclear and v...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Arizona Republicans impeach redistricting commissioner
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Leading Off:
• AZ Redistricting: Wow. Just wow. With the support of Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona Republicans went completely nuclear and v...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 9/9
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Senate:
• CT-Sen: Smackdown! Areyoureadytorrrrumble? Insert other overused professional wrestling metaphor of your choice here! Yes, it looks like billionaire, f...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 7/8
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2Q Fundraising:
• CA-11: Ricky Gill (R), $420K raised (note: this is the 24-year-old kid)
• CO-04: Cory Gardner (R), $316K
• FL-Sen: Adam Hasner (R), $560K r...
ME-Sen: Snowe removal: Tea Party Express targets Olympia Snowe
The Tea Party Express, which raised and spent millions of dollars to knock off moderate Republicans in Alaska, Colorado and Delaware in the 2010 election cycle, is now going after Olympia Snowe in Maine.
The conservative group, arguably the most organized and...
START Treaty Wins Backing of GOP Senators Snowe, Collins
Filed under: Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Arms Control, Nuclear ProliferationThe two senators said in separate statements their concerns about the treaty have been addressed by the Obama administration. Permalink | Email this&nb...
