Former Maine Senator Olympia Snowe has told the Bangor Daily News she supports the idea of open primaries. Snowe told the paper that would allow more independent and moderate to have a say in choosing candidates. Snowe said she was disappointed her former aide, Kevin Raye, lost congressional primary to the more conservative Bruce Poliquin. Snowe told the Bangor paper Raye, "illustrated the importance of consensus, and compromise."
Snowe tomorrow will join with former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and former Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott in releasing a series of recommendations from the Bipartisan Policy Committee aimed at breaking partisan gridlock.
