Maine's Republican senators, Susan Collins (above) and Olympia Snowe, have indicated a willingness to seek common ground with Democrats on elements of Barack Obama's agenda such as energy and healthcare.
(Alex Wong/ Getty Images/ File 2007)
Maine's GOP senators may control the moderate middle
Maine's Republican senators, Susan Collins (above) and Olympia Snowe, have indicated a willingness to seek common ground with Democrats on elements of Barack Obama's agenda such as energy and healthcare.
(Alex Wong/ Getty Images/ File 2007)
WASHINGTON - For years, Maine senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have been treated as conjoined political twins: a pair of moderate Republican women, often ideologically indistinguishable, ready to move as a unit whenever deals are being cut in the Senate's center. (Full article: 989 words)
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