The Maine Sunday Whatever Demcrat in-house Propaganda Telegram leads today with a sob story above the fold on the heroic efforts of Susan Collins [D-Maine] to lead a bi-partisan, compromise effort to clean up the 'stimulate this' bill by reducing same from 900 bill to 825 bill.  Staggering!  I voted republican and got Tom Allen in a dress [at least philosophically].  I don't think Tom would double-cross his party for self-aggrandizement.  He is a loyal trooper. 

No sense in trying to dissect this monstrosity here [see a myriad of excellent columns and blogs doing the hard work, you know where to look]. 

Collins now threatens to abandon fellow turncoats Snowe and Spectre, and vote NO on the final bill when it returns from conference, if it does not meet her criteria for reduction in frivolous spending [italics - mine].  Of course, nowhere is it mentioned that she will vote with the dhimmis to effect cloture, and effectively cast an aye vote as it can not be defeated if it gets to the final vote stage.  CHICANERY AT ITS BEST. Keep your eye on the ball folks.  Which shell is it under? 

So, the question is:

What do Snowe and Collins get out of this deal?  Spectre we know, is grandstanding for the dhimmi vote in Pennsylvania in 2010, and although Olympia is  not up until 2012, she has no problem in Maine, no matter what she does, including switching partys, should she be so inclined.  Switching destroys her image of 'middle of the road, bi-partisan, even handed, I am a female, so I deserve your vote' campaign rhetoric, so she won't do that.  A golden girl, to be sure.
 
Back to Collins.  We will have to wait and see.  It should not take long. I hope she has bargained with the dhimmis for something substantial that will help Maine, and has not done this for the sole purpose of covering Susan Collins with the cape of the lone crusader, [can more Sunday talk shows be near, or perhaps Larry King] although I suspect that this is the true story.  "Un-talented back-bencher seeks limelight by betraying party principles" reads the real headline.

Oh well.  Readers of this blog [I believe I am the only one] will remember my rants at the RINO Collins and my threats to do anything to deny her the nomination for re-election.  Not only was there no follow-thru on my promises, I actually put a Collins sign on the front lawn and voted for her.  Why?  My choice was no vote or go for Tom Allen.  Allen was and is a clone of Tom Andrews, and I could not bear to deal with that.

However, as stated above, I got Tom Allen in a dress.