Allen speech: The Republican response
By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com ReporterVideo: Sen. Collins' response to Allen's speech, from the Collins campaign
Both the Maine Republican Party and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Bangor) responded to U.S. Rep. Tom Allen’s (D-Portland) speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday.
Allen is challenging Collins for her seat this November.
The party said the Allen campaign exaggerated the significance of the speech noting that it lasted only 1 minute and 48 seconds, and that 7:07 p.m. was “well outside the ‘prime time’.”
Maine GOP chairman Mark Ellis issued the following statement:
"I am surprised Maine Democrats, and Tom Allen's, campaign billed this speech as major. If national Democrats recognized Tom Allen's candidacy as crucial and competitive, it seems they would have given him more time, and a better time slot. Leaders of his own party must view Allen still as a rookie in the minor leagues."
Sen. Susan Collins released a video this evening in response, noting that while Allen is attending his convention, she is travelling the state and will not be at the GOP convention next week.
Collins promoted her bipartisan record.
“We hear a lot in this campaign about the need for change in Washington,” Collins said in the video. “We do need change in Washington, but the change that we need is a less partisan approach to the issues facing our country. I’ve never seen Washington so partisan. It seems like every issue is viewed through a partisan lens. Every vote is cast to score political points. That’s not the way it should be.”
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OK sure - Collins'
time slot planned for at the McBush twins city convention is much better than Allen's.
Neither Candidate Credible
Tom Allen claims that Collins is in the pocket of the corporate interests--but so is he. He has major donors in the weapons manufacturing industry among other corporate giants with a stranglehold over his votes and deliberate lack of leadership.
Allen says Collins is better known, but he's been in Congress the same amount of time and he has not been making his mark there.
Susan claims she's a moderate, just as McCain claims he's a maverick--these are both false positions and neither of the Parties are saying what must be said about the abuse of power, the corporate funding for this war, saddling our future to military war profiteering, tax cuts for the wealthy and corruption.
Tom mentions heating oil but what has he done about it? Susan says it is critical to deal with heating issues for needy Americans, but McCain, whom she supports has voted against LIHEAP consistently.
Their votes, Allen and Collins, are their record. They both flunk. And Susan, every time you put your hand into your pocket in your campaign ad, I had to wonder if you thought you would be finding money in those deep pockets. It doesn't take money to be clean.
If you want a candidate with zero tolerance for corporate funding and special interests, I am your US Senate Candidate.
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