How Susan Collins’ Obamacare vote could harm her chances to succeed LePage
The senator was one of three
The conservative governor told party members in
Collins has been named the most moderate
But if she runs for governor in 2018, several active
"Honestly, I do not believe she can win the Republican primary," said
But moderate
And
"You're never going to find someone who aligns with your positions 100 percent, but you support people who are loyal to you," he said. "That's how I feel about Susan."
That loyalty to all
Most of that came in small, reliable donations to legislative candidates. Rep.
Expansion could be a key issue in a hypothetical primary: LePage has vetoed it five times, Collins said in June that
Sanderson said she was "disappointed" in Collins' vote, noting that she has been a supporter of repealing the health care law and was "very clear and strong on those points."
However, it's a complex issue. Collins voted against the Affordable Care Act in 2009 and later voted to repeal it, though she said during her 2014 election that it was too late to fully repeal it. That has been her line since and she has renewed a call for a bipartisan fix since the vote.
The
Collins' office didn't grant a Thursday interview request, but spokeswoman
LePage has had differing stances on congressional repeal bids as they evolved, saying in a Friday statement that the
He said if Collins ran, she'd get his support, saying "politics has to be practical."
"It has to be built around how you advance your core philosophy," he said, "and certainly, you can do that better with one of your own in the
But she's going to face plenty of skepticism from
"Overall, she's done a great job," said Webster, the former party chairman. "You just have to stand for certain principles and consistently stand for them."
She said Collins' health care vote "disappointed history" and that Collins "turned her back" on LePage, Mayhew and other
"I will always want her for a friend, but I don't really want her for a senator anymore," Adams said.
And for a governor?
"Oh, heavens no," she replied.
BDN writer
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