◼ BREAKING: Senator Snowe not running for re-election - bangordailynews.com
This throws the entire race into chaos, as Maine’s two Democratic House members will have to take a fresh look at a promotion, and the Maine Republican Party will have to desperately grope for a new candidate to run in her stead....◼ Snowe Fall(out) - bangordailynews.com
There is very obviously something going on here behind the scenes, since Senator Snowe was so aggressively campaigning for re-election, and in full campaign mode for the last year. Decisions like this – being so very much running (and winning) to very much not – do not happen this abruptly in politics. Ever.
Snowe’s reason for taking a pass on re-election, especially when she was so enthusiastically running up to this point, and especially as close to the filing deadline as this is, are mysterious. As I said before, this kind of thing does not happen in politics.◼ Snowe's Gift To Obama - Althouse
I am told her own staff was unaware of this decision until just hours before the statement went out – just long enough to actually work on the release and send it out.
◼ With Olympia Snowe's retirement, the center crumbles - Politico
◼ ‘Snowe Tires’ - Ed Driscoll/PJM
