Snowe to TPaw: GOP should "borrow" my approach

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) is sending a don't-tread-on-me message to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- dismissing his claim that party moderates need to obey the conservative base -- and suggested her critics "borrow" from her middle-of-the-road model.

Snowe, often the target of the Republican right flank, turned the argument back on the possible 2012 contender -- saying "litmus tests" of Republican candidates will guarantee the party's position as a two-House minority.

Pawlenty, speaking early Monday on MSNBC, said many Republicans were "mad" at Snowe for working with the Democratic majority on health care -- and suggested there might be a backlash against her is she had more "deviations" from conservative GOP orthodoxy.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1109/Snowe_to_TPaw_Dont_tread_on_me.html

Most of your responders will probably attack Snowe. Just wanting to get in early with an attack on the opportunistic political hack from Minnesota.

Per CNN last Thursday, She's fallen right back in line with the Repubs on HCR (if a PO is part of the final bill, anyway).