Collins declines town meeting proposal

In her response she said she looks forward to seeing Tom and Herb...does Herb Hoffman even have enough support to warrant including him in any debate? And what about Laurie for that matter? Is she just jabbing it to Allen because he failed to get him booted from the ballot?

"...There is too much at stake. Mainers are hurting now..."

Strange, Allen has done nothing in Washington. The Maine Democrats have fallen asleep at the wheel, and finally they notice!

Say what you will about Collins, but heaven help us all if Tom Allen gets elected and we send back the same people to Augusta. We've been broke for years, now we're going to be refinancing our homes to fill our tanks.

Maybe instead of Baldacci hoping that we will take care of our own (which we typically do anyway) maybe he should bring back his rubber-stamp legislators and repeal the automatic gas tax and use some of that new found "surplus" to fund low income heating and promote energy efficiency in homes.

Maybe Tom Allen should rethink his strategy, and while he's at it... he should probably get a new communications director. Not doing him any favors is she? Just read the press releases.

Why doesn't a reporter check exactly what is on her schedule for the days that Allen's proposed? If she has events scheduled, maybe the reporter should call the people involved in those events and ask if they'd rather see Sen. Collins do a town meeting.

JMill, Laurie isn't on the ballot. She's not a candidate any more than I am. Do you read the news? Or are you not from Maine? Do you know who's running?

If Tom Allen holds a news conference announcing town meetings and nobody shows up, did it really happen?
If Tom Allen calls for a town meeting and nobody accepts, did it really happen?
If Tom Allen says he going on a bus tour in July and never does, does anyone notice?
If Tom Allen spent 12 years in Congress and didn't accomplish a single, solitary thing, would anyone notice he's running for Senate?
Apparently not.
Note to Tom: It's summer, stop trying to make noise. No one's listening. Seriously, relax, go to a few parades, have a lobster roll, Go buy a GPS to help your bus find its way north of Portland.

Yeah, lot's of moaning here.

Seriously, you're sad that we call ourselves Mainers?

Listen fellow "Mainer", I don't know if you are fully aware of Maine's political history, but we typically hold our Senators to a very high standard, and we pretty much put all of them on a pedestal. From Hamlin to Blaine From Smith to Muskie, Mitchell to Cohen, and now Snowe and Collins. We demand a lot from our Senators, and Collins has answered the call.

She does not toe the party line (gang of 14 remember?)She is not loved by many Republicans, she appeals to the unenrolled voters which make up most of "our" state. That is why she is so popular...unlike your boy Tom who is so far left that he's about to fall off the political spectrum into socialism.

Wikipedia is not very accurate my friend. I happen to have some knowledge of my State's history, as a native Mainer, I was paying attention in 6th grade when we all had to study our history. Where were you then?

First of all. I am not ultra-conservative. I have been a registered independent my entire voting life. I am not a "wing-nut" as a matter of fact only the left wing crazies are running to Tom Allen, the rest of the sane population is aware that Susan Collins actually votes her conscience...and even votes at all.

In regards to your hypocrisy comment...please point out to me where our "conservative" tears have been shed over John McCain. Are you a political novice or are you not aware that Conservatives despise John McCain and could care less about his presidency? Were you not watching as Conservatives split votes between Romney and Huckabee while McCain slid by? I mean really my dear wikipedia (which I am assuming you got some of your supposed political savvy from)reader, do you really expect to tag McCain supporters as right wing nut jobs? This is a man who supposedly limited free-speech, who was also a member of the gang of 14 (why don't you wikipedia that?) and who has only recently moved more to the center (away from your left wing side) so he would not elicit a stroke from the Republican party when he won the primary.

Maybe you need to stop reading the politicker comments and pick up a book and get yourself a little more political knowledge and some basic Maine History. Then you can come back and argue with the "nut jobs" and have some form of credible defense of why your candidate has hired a completely inept staff who seems to keep him in hiding when major events in this state are happening. He obviously isn't in Washington, or is that the only time when he is there - when there are no votes taking place.