Poor, little Olympia Snowe – she’s feeling a bit put out by Mike Castle’s defeat:
…The reality is that being part of a shrinking wing of her party is not new for Snowe. She used to be one of many moderate New England Republicans, but the group has dwindled over the past decade after being defeated by Democrats, never mind conservative Republicans.
“I’ve always been on the outside looking in, in the world I live in. When you’re a minority, moderate, New England, woman, Republican woman, you don’t get more outside than that. Do you? I’m a minority within a minority,” Snowe said laughing, “I’ve been fighting my whole life.”
Yeah, those Republican women are surely a put-upon minority. I mean, except for Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, Sharron Angle, Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Christine O’Donnell, Nikki Haley, Kelley Ayotte and the literal hundreds of other women who are running as Republicans in 2010, there is simply no place for women in the GOP. Hopefully, Ms. Snowe will manage to keep the torch burning until such time as the GOP becomes more welcoming to women…
Memo to Senator Snowe and all other RINOs: we don’t mind you staking out some liberal opinions. Everyone is entitled to their own views and it is your constituents who will decide if you’re going to be returned to office. There are only two things we insist up:
1. That the establishment not try to dictate to the rank and file who the nominee will be. You, Ms. Snowe, might draw a primary challenger in your next outing…we expect you to accept that with good grace, run a spirited but respectful campaign and then abide by the will of the people.
2. Once you have taken our sweat and treasure to help get elected or re-elected, we expect that on the crucial issues, you’ll stick with us. The crucial issues can vary over time, but for 2010 let’s just say they are definitely: no tax increases, spending must be cut. If you can’t go along with a few minimal requirements, then perhaps it is time to think of moving on.
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