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Subject: Susan Collins Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:58 am
Susan Collins surpasses Mitch McConnell as the most unpopular senator in a new poll USA TODAY Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY • January 17, 2020
WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Susan Collins has surpassed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as the most unpopular U.S. Senator, according to a new tracking poll.
The Maine Senator's net approval rating has dropped 10 points since the end of September, leaving her with a 52 percent disapproval rating, a quarterly Morning Consult tracking poll found.
The poll comes as Collins, one of the most moderate Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, faces a tough reelection campaign for what would be her fifth term.
She was reelected in 2014 with nearly 70% of the vote, but Democrats see her as one of the more vulnerable Republican senators for 2020 where more GOP Senate seats are on the ballot than Democratic ones.
The race is expected to be Maine's most expensive ever, with nonpartisan ad tracking firm Advertising Analytics projecting $55 million in overall spending.
Her vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh particularly rankled Democrats but shored up support from Republicans from her state in 2018. A crowdfunding campaign aimed at her defeat was generated in response to her Kavanagh vote and raised more than $4 million.
“All five of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans head into the trial with voters in their states either souring on their job performance or with perceptions of the president threatening to pull them further down,” Morning Consult said in a press release on the poll.
Collins maintained her impartiality as the House impeached Trump, and is one of a few GOP Senators who hasn't been opposed to calling witnesses during the Senate trial.
She has criticized Democrats in the Senate as well as McConnell for predetermining their votes on the pending impeachment trial and has reiterated how she views her role as an impartial juror seriously.
She issued a statement Thursday saying that she would likely vote to hear new evidence and witnesses.
“While I need to hear the case argued and the questions answered, I tend to believe having additional information would be helpful. It is likely that I would support a motion to call witnesses at that point in the trial just as I did in 1999,” she said.
Kevin Kelly, spokesman for Collin's campaign, told USA TODAY that they "are confident" this poll "does not reflect reality, and Senator Collins remains focused on the job that Mainers elected her to do."
McConnell came in second as the least popular senator with a disapproval rating of 50 percent and an approval rating of 37 percent.
Morning Consult determined the Q4 2019 Senator Rankings by conducting 494,899 surveys with registered voters from October 1 through December 31, 2019. The margins of error vary by state and party.
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Subject: Re: Susan Collins Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:25 pm
Today- Mitch; has a 37% approval rating in Kentucky
thing is-- the republicans up for reelection, mot likely will Not be reelected... They will win in the senate but lose in the election.. Most all have below a 40 ratting, most in 30's..
so- in one way they win in the other, they lose.
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Subject: Ad targets Susan Collins: Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:59 pm
Yahoo News•January 22, 2020
Ad targets Susan Collins: 'You’re a senator. Act like it.'
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Subject: Chief Justice tells Susan Collins to go be a Lobbyist ,, Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:41 pm
Chief Justice tells Susan Collins to just quit and ‘go become a lobbyist’ already
Subject: Karma Is A Bitch--- Mon Feb 24, 2020 5:22 pm
February 24, 2020
Susan Collins is mad about 'dark money' ads. But she's the reason they're legal.
Collins was the deciding vote in 2010 against the DISCLOSE Act, which would have required transparency for political ads.
Since then, Republicans have successfully blocked all subsequent attempts to require disclosure for dark money advertisements. Thanks to Collins and her colleagues, outside groups continue to spend millions of dollars on political ads — and voters often have no way to evaluate who is behind them.
Collins' office did not immediately respond to an inquiry about her comments. But she said last year, "People should know where this money is coming from. I would support a bill to require all groups to disclose their donors."
Collins faces a tough reelection this November, as recent polling found her to be the nation's least popular senator in the country.
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Subject: Susan Collins’ Insistence Pandemic Flu Funding be Cut From 2009 Stimulus Package Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:48 pm
March 14, 2020
Critics remember Susan Collins’ insistence pandemic flu funding be cut from 2009 stimulus package
“Collins didn’t just ‘say’ the funding should be removed from the stimulus; she made removal of pandemic flu preparedness funding A CONDITION OF HER VOTE.” “And was quite open about it. This was widely reported at the time.”
“Senator Collins went out of her way to stop funds from going to pandemic preparedness, and now Mainers are concerned because of Collins’ history of opposing funding for situations exactly like this,” said Willy Ritch, executive director of Maine-based grassroots advocacy group 16 Counties Coalition. “We need to tell Senator Collins to stop playing games with our health and vote to protect Maine families.”
Others, including Democrat Betsy Sweet, who is running for Collins’s Senate seat, echoed the criticism:
(((She ain't going to make it- She will be gone/out with Mitch)))
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