ME-SEN: Collins won't say in debate who she'll vote for in November

[RandySF]

Democrat Sara Gideon sought to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine, with President Donald Trump during their first debate Friday night, and she demanded several times that Collins say whether she’ll vote for him — a dare Collins wouldn't take.

Collins, who has said she didn't vote for Trump four years ago, brushed off the question, saying voters are more interested in talking to her about issues than who she supports in the presidential race. “Let me say this: I don’t think the people of Maine need my advice on whom to support for president,” Collins said.

But Collins was critical of Trump’s handling of the pandemic after the president acknowledged on tape months ago, to journalist Bob Woodward in comments only recently released, that he deliberately played down the danger.

“I believe that the president should have been straightforward with the American people. The American people can take hard facts. He had an obligation as president to be straightforward,” Collins said.

Collins, who is seeking a fifth term and long enjoyed a reputation as a moderate who reached across the partisan aisle, is facing the toughest campaign of her career, and Democrats view unseating her as key to retaking control of the Senate.



https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article245676835.html#storylink=cpy

[demtenjeep]

1. she's gonna love retirement

may she live long and wonder

[Midnightwalk]

2. Typical bs non answer

Anyone not opposed to trump needs to go.

[Jeebo]

3. I think that's what scuttled Grimes against the turtle in 2014.

Some reporter asked her if she voted for Obama and she sheepishly hemmed and hawed and squirmed and wriggled and looked dreadfully uncomfortable and wouldn't answer the question. That kind of wishy-washiness is what scuttled her campaign, I've thought ever since then. Voters just don't like that. Her campaign did, in fact, go straight down the tubes after that. She should have just owned up to it. "Yes, I'm a Democrat. I support Democrats and I vote for Democrats." She should have said something like that. Voters in Kentucky would have respected her a lot more, and while she still probably wouldn't have unseated the turtle, I am sure it would've been much closer.

What I'm saying is, I suspect Collins just lost a point or two, or three or four, in the Maine Senate race. I hope she did. I donated $25 to Gideon a couple weeks ago, and I'll probably donate to her campaign another time or two before Nov. 3.

-- Ron

[kskiska]

4. Don't lose sleep wondering.