Snowe Will Not Seek Re-election

[kangofu]

Snowe Will Not Seek Re-election
Source - NYTimes
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
February 28, 2012, 5:35 PMIn a surprise that could reconfigure the fight to control the Senate, Senator Olympia Snowe, a three-term Republican from Maine, said Tuesday she would not run for re-election, citing excessive partisanship in the Senate

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[bnmc2005]

I don't know how to feel about this.

Ms. Snowe, a moderate who cast key votes in bills that were dear to Democrats including the stimulus bill, was facing a Tea Party-backed challenger, but one who had failed to gain much traction in a state where Ms. Snowe remained popular and well known.

She was going to win, but she ... is quitting because... ...? Am I wrong to feel a bit peeved about this? Or is there something larger going on here that we don't know about?

[schexyschteve]

She's quitting because it's too much energy to try to cooperate with the nutjobs in Congress.

[kangofu]

LOL, seriously. And considering she has voted in favor for things like contraception, sex education and abortion rights, I can only imagine what the latest attempt by Repubs to drag us back to the dark ages is like for her.

[bnmc2005]

Ok. This is what I mean. Something else is happening here, I'm betting and I would like to see some light on that. Because if your guess about withholding the funds is true, then... Shouldn't the people in here state who want her to run know about that?