BREAKING: Senator Susan Collins may support Hillary over Trump

[Gomez163]

From Ryan Lizza:

NEWS: GOP Senator Susan Collins tells me she is leaving open the possibility of supporting Hillary Clinton over Trump.

[KingFlorez]

1. I doubt it

When it comes down to it Republicans want the Presidency and will support Trump regardless of what type of person he is.

[yeoman6987]

2. Not a surprise. She worked with Clinton in the senate and knows her well

I wouldn't be surprised if many GOP senators voted for Clinton especially the ones still in office from her time in the senate. I bet McCain votes for her.

[democrattotheend]

4. I wouldn't either, but probably most will do so in private

McCain may vote for her but I doubt he will say so publicly. I wouldn't be surprised if he also voted for Kerry in 2004.

[yeoman6987]

11. I agree on all points.

[Txbluedog]

3. Not going to happen

For the same reasons no super delegates are going to flip to Bernie, she'd became a laughing stock in her party and would lose at the next election

[justiceischeap]

6. There's this thing called privacy

She can actually vote for Clinton and not tell anyone... she can also vote for Clinton and say she didn't. Or she can actually say she may support Clinton and actually publicly support her.

I was reading a thread on Reddit earlier today about people claiming to support Bernie but actually voting for Clinton so they wouldn't be harassed over their vote/support.

[Txbluedog]

7. I was writing about publicly supporting Clinton

Who knows who votes for who in the voting booth. I personally know of a few politicians who consider it bad luck to vote for themselves and thus don't vote in their race

[justiceischeap]

9. Well, I could actually see Collins publicly supporting Clinton

and she wouldn't say that if she hadn't already polled how it would effect her numbers.

[Midwestern Democrat]

12. She wouldn't do it without an OK from McConnell - under ordinary circumstances,

a Senator/congressman who does this can usually expect to be stripped of their seniority

[Ilsa]

5. Let the defections begin! NT

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Any smart human being would, regardless of "party."

That man is a damned disease.

[Gomez163]

10. A pestilence.