Democrats Eye Maine Senator for a Health Vote

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/health/policy/29snowe.html?hpw

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From: barry levine 
Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Subject: re: Democrats Eye Maine Senator for a Health Vote
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

    Senator Snowe is a popular Republican senator in a region where Republican leaders are increasingly rare because her loyalty is to her constituents, rather than to her party.  In passing president Obama's stimulus  bill, she--with senator Collins--brought $10billion dollars to Maine's ship-building industry. That stimulus money had to create jobs somewhere, and she took the opportunity to serve the people of Maine.  The American people cannot afford to continue the Gingrich era of hyper partisanship. If senator Snowe isn't permitted to serve her people within "the party of No", she knows knows that she will be more than welcome across the aisle.

Barry Levine