BREAKING: Snowe not running!!!!

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Patty Murray just put Mike Michaud on speed-dial.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Wow. I wish her the best.

This could cancel out Nebraska.

I sure hope Collins doesn't follow suit in 2014...

Considering how joined at the hip they seem to be, a Collins retirement would not be surprising in the least. She is getting married, maybe it's time to settle down and do whatever it is rich 60-ish newlyweds do.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Looks like Michaud is in. Smart move, getting in front of Pingree.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I wouldn't like Michaud, but whatever.

I don't think it's that Pingree is "too liberal" for Maine, but it's just something about her that rubs people the wrong way. I'd be behind her daughter Hannah if she went for it, though.

There's been a lot of whining on DKE about how Michaud is "the right fit for his district, but not for the state as a whole" and how he's "putting his seat in jeopardy" if he runs. Never mind the fact that his district is only a couple points less Democratic than the state. I don't think Maine is the right state to run someone like Pingree, especially since she has the Tom Allen "Portland liberal" label hung around her neck.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Oh, and whoever's running will have to get in right away, because the filing deadline is in two weeks.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Michaud is out, so I guess it'll be Pingree.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

PPP teases their Maine poll:

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