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publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com - 25 days ago

Tough future for Snowe as a Republican

— publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com — It looks like Olympia Snowe could have a pretty hard time getting nominated for another term in... the Senate as a Republican. There are now more folks in her party who disapprove than approve of Snowe's job performance. 46% of GOP voters think she's ... (more) Tough future for Snowe as a Republican

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 25 days ago

Poll: Snowe Could Lose 2012 GOP Primary In Landslide To Conservative Challenger

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — A new survey of Maine from Public Policy Polling (D) has some dire news for Sen. Olympia... Snowe (R-ME), with the moderate Republican potentially losing her 2012 Republican primary against a generic conservative challenger -- and by a landslide, no ... (more) Poll: Snowe Could Lose 2012 GOP Primary In Landslide To ...

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 25 days ago

Maine Republicans Want Conservative Challenger to Snowe

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — It seems Olympia Snowe might be more comfortable in a different political party : This Public Policy... Polling survey of Maine isn’t all that surprising: She has a 46/40 disapproval/approval rating from state Republicans. By a whopping 27 points, ... (more) Maine Republicans Want Conservative Challenger to Snowe

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Olympia J. Snowe

Republican National Committee

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On the Trigger, Part IX
The Page by Mark Halperin — Getty Roll Call: Moderates flocking to Snowe -- and her policy -- for cover.

Trigger talk lingers
Political Animal — ... a trigger was overly ambitious. And yet, here we are . Moderate Senate Democrats uncomfortable with Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) health care reform plans are coalescing around Sen. Olympia Snowe and are looking to the centrist Maine Republican to provide them political cover at home and viable policy alternatives on the floor. Reid's bill remains largely under wraps pending a Congressional Budget Office analysis. But moderate Democrats -- particularly those representing conservative-leaning states -- are nervous about what they do know. They are pushing to replace ...

Trigger’s Back
Suburban Guerrilla — Remember, “moderate” and “centrist” are just corporate media code for power-hungry, money-grubbing whores: Moderate Senate Democrats uncomfortable with Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) health care reform plans are coalescing around Sen. Olympia Snowe and are looking to the centrist Maine Republican to provide them political cover at home and viable policy alternatives on the floor. Reid’s bill remains largely under wraps pending a Congressional Budget Office analysis. But moderate ...