July 8, 2019
Profiles in Courage: Susan Collins
By Thomas Lifson
Senator Susan Collins of Maine is one of the prime targets for Democrats, who want to take control of the Senate in 2020. Their prospects of doing so are increased by the fact that 22 of the 33 seats scheduled as up for election are held by Republicans.
Richard Baehr, who spends part of the year in Maine, writes:
We are in Maine, and basically the media are all fully locked-in already, working for her likely Democrat opponent. She is still popular and I think will win, but it will be close and nasty.
One thing that Senator Collins has in her favor is her dignified and courageous response to the outrageous pressure that was brought on her during the Bret Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. The story of the outrageous series of stunts by his fanatical and ruthless opponents finally is being told in an important new book, due out tomorrow, authored by Mollie Hemmingway, the Federalist columnist who is a familiar voice on the Special Report with Bret Baier panel discussions on Fox News, with co-author Carrie Severino, a former law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas and currently with the Judicial Crisis Network. Excerpts of that book appeared in the New York Post and reflect very well indeed on Senator Collins:
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