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October 16, 2008

Susan Collins no-show at Palin rally

ACORN under attack from True Blue American Alaska governor this morning in hanger at Bangor International Airport

Rabid: "It sure would be nice if, just once, Barack Obama said he wants America to win," she said, as the crowd cheered.

In one of the most-watched aspects of the Palin visit, incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins, despite her re-election bid, failed to show up to stand with the top of the Republican ticket. According to radio reports, Collins claimed a scheduling conflict because she had to "attend a fair" (h/t Ms. Owl). Speculation suggests there might be another reason: the failing McCain/Palin campaign has cooties.

Last week, another Republican incumbent, Norm Coleman of Minnesota, similarly eschewed the top Republicans by failing to attend a McCain rally, leading fivethirtyeight.com poll analyst Nate Silver to ask, "Does McCain have cooties?"

Update: There is an item at Turn Maine Blue suggesting Collins actually had a morning debate with Democratic challenger Tom Allen, in Auburn until 8:30am. I can't find a news story on this. Still, it seems strange the Palin visit could not have been scheduled so that Collins could have attended, if she'd wanted to.

Posted by The Owl at 11:44. Filed under: Politics

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