tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8053971775088060115..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-45882841966418696892012-02-29T12:50:44.230-05:002012-02-29T12:50:44.230-05:00She's in a small state and has a sky-high appr...She's in a small state and has a sky-high approval rating, and her state <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_King" rel="nofollow">elected an independent governor twice</a> not long ago. It can be done.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51393938282166325182012-02-29T09:20:48.903-05:002012-02-29T09:20:48.903-05:00A good critique, but I think you ignore how vital ...A good critique, but I think you ignore how vital the Parties have become for fund-raising and everyday political activity, even at the state and local level. It's all well and good to say Ms. Snowe should have left, either for the Dems or for some "Sane Republican Caucus", but perhaps she felt the difficulties of creating her own funding and get-out-the-vote system from whole-cloth, against the active obstruction of her old Republican party machine, to be insurmountable.Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776242322789918501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-89001378461533151552012-02-28T21:48:24.515-05:002012-02-28T21:48:24.515-05:00Well said, Jack. And sounds plausible enough, alth...Well said, Jack. And sounds plausible enough, although I had assumed she'd just end up at some pointless think-tank or other (unless the press of post-Senate "consulting" was too onerous).BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-87730593835757374642012-02-28T21:44:07.974-05:002012-02-28T21:44:07.974-05:00Maybe she wants to be the Americans Elect candidat...Maybe she wants to be the Americans Elect candidate. Her excuse for quitting is identical to their excuse for existing.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894655800419937862noreply@blogger.com