I know it’s going to be a sure pick-up for the Democrats, however, she did untold damage to the image and moral of the Republican Party for years. Only one person voted with Democrats more than Snowe last year. That was Susan Collins.

(RawStory)…Sen. Olympia Snowe, a moderate Republican from Maine, announced Tuesday that she would not seek re-election in 2012 because of the increasing polarization in Washington.
“After an extraordinary amount of reflection and consideration, I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate,” she said in a prepared statement. (more…)