Just 1 in 3 Maine Republicans would re-elect Olympia Snowe in 2012 (good news for us!)

[LynneSin]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/09/poll-just-1-in-3-maine-republicans-would-re-elect-olympia-snowe-in-2012/

Poll: Just 1 in 3 Maine Republicans would re-elect Olympia Snowe in 2012

Sen. Olympia Snowe's (R-ME) odds of surviving her Republican primary next year are looking slimmer by the day.

Just 33 percent of Maine GOP primary voters say they'd support Snowe's 2012 re-election bid, while 58 percent would vote for a more conservative challenger, according to a new survey by Public Policy Polling.

Often described as the most liberal Republican in the Senate (if not Congress in general), Snowe has taken tremendous heat from conservatives for supporting the Obama White House and Democrats on initiatives like the stimulus and financial regulatory reform.

Maine seems a bit like Delaware - they'll elect moderate republicans to represent them. If the Maine primary is closed (like Delaware) that means we might see Snowe picked off in the primary and I suspect those moderate republicans & democrats along with independants aren't going to get excited about electing someone from the tea party. Is there a strong democrat that could run in the general electin?

[hobbit709]

1. Except that the other two would vote for a teabagger.

[LynneSin]

3. That's republicans in the primary

Christine O'Donnell easily won the primary here in Delaware because democrats & independants are not allowed to vote in the closed republican primaries. But the general election came around and O'Donnell was tanked big time.

If that situation is similiar in Maine, we might be able to win in the general election with the support of independants and moderate republicans who would turn to a good democratic candidate than a heinious tea bagger.

[spartan61]

2. Maybe once the repukes and tea baggers

realize what a joke they elected for Governor, they will wise up and elect a Democrat. What am I saying?? Of course they won't wise up, they're much too stupid.

[FBaggins]

4. I think that she's likely to retire anyway. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Yes, I think she will as well.

[randr]

5. So if that 1 in 3 sides with the Democratic candidate

in the general election, we win!

[LynneSin]

6. And don't forget about the Independents

Teabaggers once again are going to hand another win over to the democrats. Just like they did in Nevada, just like they did in Colorado and just like they did in Delaware

[FBaggins]

7. Not really

because she has historically won a significant percentage of votes that would otherwise go to a democrat. She won a majority of democratic votes in 2006. She even won a plurality of self-described liberal voters.

What it means is that she might not be able to win a republican primary. Leaving her the 3rd-party-run option or just retiring (followed by the repbulican candidate losing - probably either way).