It didn’t take Olympia long to show her campaign strategy. It’s the same she used before, the same McKernan used, and the same Bush used. The issues don’t matter. Find a contradiction or change of mind and play the flip-flop angle. Instead of being straightforward and saying it was about time, Tom Andrews saw her point of view on the balanced budget amendment, she says he flip-flopped. Knowing that both Snowe and McKernan used the flip-flop as the centerpiece of their last campaign, I knew it was coming. I at least thought she would wait a week or two. Chuck Fraser Pittsfield
Snowe’s strategy
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