Local paper on tonight's 5th & last debate:
Collins believes the country would be served better if Republicans – under Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken. – control the Senate because McConnell has vowed to allow more debate and votes on bills than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Bellows countered by noting that McConnell, in a private speech to donors that was subsequently leaked to the press, promised to block votes for student loan reform, raising the minimum wage and to gut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She said “a vote for Susan is a vote for the status quo.”
This just goes to show you (and 66,766 other viewers) that:
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Collins calling McConnell "Mitch" by first name looks like an error. This makes McConnell sound like an intimate friend of hers, in contrast with Collins' tendency to refer to Bellows as "my opponent".
For this and other substance style, if every Maine voter watches this debate before voting, Collins support should slump and Bellows' support should surge.