Talk:Olympia Snowe/Archive 1

Better Formal Picture
Is there a better formal picture for this politician? Browsing around, I stumbled on this page and thought it was a joke. That red suit really makes her look, well... olympian in stature. 134.84.100.80 06:23, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Initial work
I removed the small business link because it is just too generic - the title of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee is not linked to Commerce, Science, & Transportation. If there are any links in that area of the article, it should be to United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. While that is not an article now (thus no link), it should be at some point, and at that point we must be able to link to the committee by writing Small Business & Entrepreneurship, something a small business link does not allow for. It is in my plans to write articles on all the Senate and House committees, eventually. --Xinoph 21:07, May 9, 2004 (UTC)

As a moderate Republican in a Senate divided with 45 Democrats and 55 Republicans as of 2004, Snowe often has proven a key swing vote on close votes and in ceasing or perpetuating Senate filibusters. This has elevated her status as an important leader in the body.

is that NPOV? Melaen 21:57, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

This article has been substantially re-written by myself and a couple of other users in the last two weeks - what other information could be brought in here to bring it up to featured article quality?, if that's even on the table? --User:63.134.128.4 13:50, 8 March 2005.

Needs source for Senate office staffing
I've removed this addition because it is unsourced and sounds at best POV and at worst inaccurate. ("...many of her aides often have developed"? Something's not right there.) If someone can cite sources, some of this might be worth putting back in. Bbpen 03:33, 5 October 2005 (UTC)


 * ==The Snowe Senate office: intelligence combined with pragmatism==


 * Snowe also is recognized in political circles for staffing her Senate office with some of the brightest and most politically-sophisticated aides in either chamber of Congress, and many of her aides often have developed innovative compromise statutes that have allowed Republican initiatives to pass the Senate when they otherwise might fail. While some conservatives allege that these efforts have diluted the potency of Republican legislation, it is widely-held that these initiatives have broadly advanced the Republican political agenda in Congress.

The article says, "Snowe, garnering 74% of the votes, won by the second-largest margin (after Richard Lugar of Indiana, who didn't have a Democratic opponent) of any U.S. Senate candidate in the country." But the article on Sen. George Mitchell (also of Maine) says that he won with 81% of the vote in 1988. One of the two articles must be wrong.

2006 election results in early?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_Snowe#Election_Results Am I misreading this, or has someone pencilled in the results of the 2006 election a touch too early? Or do we have some Wikipedians from Diebold? ;)--Simon Dodd 01:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I removed that. I put in the table, copying most of it from another page, and probably forgot to remove that. 58%'s probably way too low for Olympia, anyway. --Xinoph 02:17, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Given that - like Collins - her opinion polls remain stratospheric (haven't dipped under 70% this year), I tend to agree. ;) Simon Dodd 18:38, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Not that she's not a shoe-in; people in this state LOVE HER.

NPOV Tag
This article reads a bit like a campaign website and has unsourced statements like "She is widely considered one of the most influential political figures in the United States Congress.". I know she has very high approval ratings but it should be toned down a bit. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 18:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I have nothing agaisnt this article except that I believe it should stand up to wikipedia's high standards. I see the sentence I quoted above was removed but that isn't the only POV in the article. I am not going to list out every sentence but here are some more areas that need fixing: "Snowe is widely known for her ability to influence close votes and Senatorial filibusters, making her among the most influential of U.S. Senators." again unsourced. IT tot just positive slant either. This negative sentence is totally unsourced "Her moderate views have drawn attacks from conservative Republicans; the Club for Growth and Concerned Women for America label her a "Republican in Name Only" ("RINO").". This sentence "...and is only facing nominal opposition." should also be re-written.

I agree with Ravedave - this article is way out of line.76.179.235.134

References Tag
The only section with any meaningfull references is the opening. the policital view section NEEDS to have sources soon or I will remove it. We cannot be saying someone is pro-choice etc without a reference to back it up. Some people would consider being called pro-choice slander. I will try and help out where I can. I have already added a references section. See WP:REF for help on footnoting things. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 01:10, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, don't be clueless. If you can't be bothered to research a completely unsurprising claim such as that, don't be surprised if you get reverted for removing it. Rebecca 08:42, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Nationality in infobox
Why is Ms. Snowe's nationality in the infobox? Furthermore, why is nationality in any of the infoboxes? I can think of two things wrong with this: 1) She's a senator from Maine, of course she's American and 2) "american" isn't capitalized! I don't know why this category was added, but I'm going to delete it from all the Senate and House pages. --Wgbc2032 01:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Technically her Nationality shld be Greek - it's like putting Italian for Rudy Giuliani.


 * No, her nationality is American. Her ethnicity is Greek.

No...lolz...her nationality is American Her 'ancestry' is Greek. Her ethnicity, assuming she is a properly assimilated American, would most likely be pasty, cowardly, white American; unless, she has maintained an affinity with her father's Greek origins and operates accordingly. In that case her ethnicity would be Greek and her role would be that of a foreign controlled senator representing those interests rather than American interests. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.55.174.192 (talk) 11:26, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Approval rating
We should update the statistic on her approval rating. Data from November 2006 is a bit dated by now. 71.205.170.70 (talk) 01:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

2008 Vice Presidential possibility
Was Snowe ever highly considered for the republican vice presidential nominee in 2008? It seems like she would have been highly desirable as a running mate for McCain knowing their history and how well they work together. - Nite Owl   II  03:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

conservative fiscal views?
The article, in a paragraph on political views, describes the Senator as conservative on fiscal issues, and then proceeds to list off a sizable group of issues where she breaks with conservatives (free trade, tax cuts, etc). I'm afraid I don't know much about her politics, but it seems to me someone knowledgeble should make 1 of 2 changes, depending on which is more accurate:

1) Change the first sentence to describe her as a moderate or liberal on fiscal issues

OR

2) add some examples of issues on which she has been fiscally conservative.

At the moment, it just seems internally inconsistent, and reads very oddly.

207.119.12.69 (talk) 02:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)


 * If you ever come back, take a look at what I've done to fix this problem and let me know if it was handled to your satisfaction. Homoaffectional (talk) 17:51, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Update -- someone replaced my changes with their own. It now states the stances you raise by starting off the relevant sentence with "Other less fiscally conservative positions".  That should work for you (if you come back to see this) as well as, naturally, the person who edited it that way. Homoaffectional (talk) 03:22, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Her Role in the HealthCare Debate
I think this is probably the last big issue in her senatorial carrier and it should be atleast mentioned also don't forget her nickname given by many bloggers on the left and right (President Snowe) Gang14 (talk) 19:17, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Olympia Snowe will run for US presidency 2012
Olympia Snowe is also said to be one of the possible candidates for the Republican party. She is the senior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. Senator Olympia Snowe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.228.183.50 (talk) 21:29, 22 May 2011 (UTC)