Poll-itics: Olympia Snowe's Constituents Back Obama Plan

By GottaLaff

I guess voters don't really count. What really counts are those gigantic, juicy donations from those Big You-Know-Whos:

A new Democracy Corps poll in Maine finds that Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) "enjoys broad support in her home state, but she faces significant political problems if she opposes President Obama's health insurance reform."

Specifically, a Snowe vote against a reform bill "results in Mainers evenly divided on whether she should be re-elected, while support for Obama's plan produces 53% who want to re-elect Snowe compared to 38% who want someone new as U.S. Senator."

In addition, Mainers "overwhelmingly support a government sponsored non-profit health insurance option, 63% to 27%.

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