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“[Susan Collins] has not gotten to where she is on charisma," says Lance Dutson, a Republican strategist and Maine native who was a senior aide on three Collins Senate campaigns and worked in her Washington office. "She has gotten there on diligence. In some ways, she still thinks like a staffer."

vanityfair.comSusan Collins’s Biggest Problem? Donald TrumpThe Republican senator for Maine hasn’t had a genuinely close race in three decades. Could the president from her own party be the one to end her winning streak?

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She got there by lying. She said she'd limit her Senate tenure to two terms. That was in 1996! "I have pledged that if I'm elected, I will only serve two terms. Twelve years is long enough to be in public service, make a contribution, and then come home and let someone else take your place."