Susan Collins becomes top 2020 target for Dems

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Susan Collins becomes top 2020 target for Dems
By Jordain Carney - 10/09/18 06:00 AM EDT

Sen. Susan Collins is now a top target for Democrats in 2020.

The Maine Republican shot up the list over the weekend after providing her GOP colleagues the crucial 50th vote needed to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

In an increasingly partisan chamber, Collins has consistently been ranked as one of the Senate’s most moderate members. But her decision to support Kavanaugh outraged a coalition of progressives, activists and even some supporters who spent months urging her to vote against President Trump’s nominee.

Democrats are pledging to unseat her if she runs for reelection in 2020, comparing an almost hour-long floor speech that earned praise from fellow GOP senators to a “slap in the face.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410485-susan-collins-becomes-top-2020-target-for-dems

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A fundraising effort by Maine People's Alliance and Mainers for Accountable Leadership briefly crashed the Crowdpac website and has raised more than $3.6 million for a potential Democratic opponent against Collins. The groups increased their fundraising goal to $4 million, and Republicans have characterized the effort as a “bribe.”

Alan Dershowitz was saying last night he thought they ought to subpoena the credit card data to identify those making these donations and prosecute them for bribery.  It will never happen, of course, but it is not ONLY Republicans who are calling it bribery.