Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine faces a dilemma with the Trump impeachment question. It looms larger over her reelection campaign in 2020.
ORONO, Maine — When the University of Maine on Thursday unveiled the world's largest boat created by a 3D printer, the school turned to the state's senior U.S. senator to smash a bottle of champagne over its bow.
But perhaps no other issue will test whether Collins can maintain a middle lane more than a Trump impeachment, which would eventually force her to pick a side if it goes to the Senate for trial. "Under the constitution, the role of the senator is to act as a juror, and that is what I did in the case of the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton. And should this come before us, which I think it will, that’s what I will do here.”
"I have heard comments on both sides of impeachment," she said, "but the majority of comments have been on issues that directly affect Mainers’ day-to-day lives.” Collins' Senate colleague from Maine, Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, has taken a much different approach: embracing the inquiry. In an op-ed published this week in Maine's largest newspapers, King wrote"it’s hard to argue that beginning a formal process to get all the facts is unjustified."
Nevertheless, Democrats are energized to take on Collins, who they accuse of abandoning her independent tendency to shift to the right, underscored most by her Kavanaugh vote.Four Democrats have announced bids for the Democratic nomination, including Maine's House Speaker Sara Gideon, widely seen as the frontrunner. Other Democratic candidates are attorney Bre Kidman, progressive activist and former gubernatorial candidate Betsy Sweet, and retired Air Force general Jon Treacy.
"I think you could still end up seeing winning by a comfortable margin. On the other hand, I could also see it being much tighter. And you don't have to squint too hard to envision a case where she goes down in defeat."
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