If the Senate ends up 50-50

[Dan the Roman]

There is no shortage of potential conservative challengers to Snowe. With a clean elections law that provides basic funding for any campaign if you can raise 250$ and the ability to pay yourself the salary of the position you are running for there are a lot of people in Maine politics who are in the business of professionally losing elections. Scott D'Amboise, Snowe's current opponent is one prominent example though having seen Christine O'Donnell raise two million in a week he is now onto the bigger scam of defrauding Conservative activists across the country in an effort to defeat an arch-rino.

Heck, even Lepage generally used to run for office every six months for about a decade before his opponent tried to feel up a teenager and he snuck in. And to be frank his primary win was based on the same type of nationalized campaign. He may decide to quit town early and go for the senate.

In fact, Snowe's saving grace will likely be that too many crooks will try and cash-in on the bonanza and let her slip through. Which is just as well for them.

I realize I am cynical, but to anyone who has worked in Maine politics at all,the adjective grassroots in regards to a candidate, whether of the Tea Party or Maine People's Alliance variety almost invariably means a crook.