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

Comments

[schexyschteve]

Wow! That's actually kind of sad that she was basically forced to retire.

[babysinclair]

Of course the sane ones leave...

[joshlymanftw]

In summary - "Yall are fucking crazy, bye."

[the_glow_worm]

Preeeeetty much.

[thelilyqueen]

Preeety much. It's a sad thing for the country to lose a legislator like her, but she's not under any obligation really to stay and continue to (metaphorically) beat her head against the wall trying to correct the excesses of her own party.

[ladyserenity84]

Yeah, pretty much.

[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.

[celtic_thistle]

Aw, she was one of the only Repubs who still had a few points of respect from me. I don't blame her for getting out--her party is rapidly declining.