The Collins campaign does some bragging by email:
Thanks to your support and hard work, the Collins for Senator campaign is celebrating a phenomenal victory – with 596 of 612 precincts reporting, 435,598 to 273, 213. That's 61 to 38 percent – a 23-point win! Senator Collins, whose race was specifically targeted by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and numerous out of state special interests, bucked the national trend and emerged victorious on Election Day. Here are a few statistics from the election returns that we thought you'd enjoy:
Susan won each of Maine's 16 counties.
Susan won all but 16 of Maine's 498 cities and towns.
In half of Maine's 16 counties, Susan won every single town, including all the towns in Aroostook, Maine's northern most county, and all the towns in York, Maine's southern most county.
Proving her strength with both Republicans and Democrats, Susan won the largely Democratic communities of Lewiston (55% to 45%), Biddeford (53% to 47%), Rumford (53% to 47%), Jay (53% to 47%) and Millinocket (63% to37%), and Madawaska (51% to 48%)
Susan out-polled Barack Obama, who won Maine with 58%.
Vote on economic bill
The Honorable Susan Collins:
Congratulations on your record of high votes in your home state of Maine. Few GOP members can make your claim. But, we're writing to ask you to reconsider your position on the pork filled bill that appears to be passing. We can't roll over and turn our Republic into a Socialist country with such little opposition. The stimulus bill is not the only threat to our nation but the idea of turning the census taking to be under Rahm Emmanuel as the final authority will make gerrymandering of the past a tool of kindergarders and add to the power of the socialist leanings of the White House.
Please don't turn your back on us in our hour of need to preserve our hard fought way of life.
Sincerely, Stephen, Pat & son Todd Taritas