WASHINGTON, D.C — Hillary Clinton, the current secretary of state and former first lady and U.S. senator, will host a dinner party to celebrate the engagement of Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
The secretary of state has invited all 17 female senators to her home tonight to toast Collins’ impending nuptials, according to Kevin Kelley, a spokesman for the senator.
The party also will include former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, according to Buzzfeed, which first reported the party.
Collins announced in February that she is engaged to Thomas A. Daffron, a longtime Senate senior staff member and a consultant.
The two met when they both worked for Sen. Bill Cohen in the late 1970s, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that they developed a personal relationship.
Collins was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 after serving as founding executive director of the Center for Family Business at Husson College in Bangor. She previously served in the Cabinet of Maine Gov. John McKernan as commissioner of professional and financial regulation and as New England administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Daffron, 73, is the chief operating officer of Jefferson Consulting Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm, where he oversees day-to-day operations. Before joining the consulting group, Daffron held senior management positions in government and the private sector.
Originally from New York City, Daffron has served as chief of staff to former Sens. Bill Cohen of Maine and Fred Thompson of Tennessee. He also served as chief of staff to Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and was the national campaign manager for the presidential campaign of Elizabeth Dole.
He also consulted for Collins on all three of her campaigns for U.S. Senate.
My, how nice to be bipartisan at engagement parties, also. Reward for all of the RINO votes?
Hillary and Susan were on the same voting track too often, so calling her a Republican in Name Only is not out of the question. More often than not, Susan displayed her compromising role in the Senate– and her list of donor organizations corroborate those votes, and many on the list contributed to Hillary and other liberals.
Nice gesture on the part of the Secretary of State.
So in your world, you cannot have friends who disagree with you? Must be very boring. Once again, let me set the record straight. Collins is not a Republican In Name Only. She is a Republican, just as much as you are. Not all of us Republicans hold identical values, and yours are not superior to mine or Susan Collins’.
Perhaps, but she and Olympia NEVER should have signed onto the “Nine and Counting Pledge” (or whatever it was called at the time), promising to NEVER oppose another female candidate for the Senate!
It was a sexist thing to do to place gender ahead of any other Public Policy discussion or decision.
Of course, it was Hillary who was the “beneficiary” of the effort since, in part, Maine’s two sitting Senators were then foreced to stay out of any Public Policy debate involving another “gal”.
The byline reminds me of the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” silliness.
I have Republican friends, and parents. I respect their opinions, and some things we agree not to talked about.
Hillary is not a liberal. She and Collins are war mongers from way back. The democratic party has different factions and she is not a liberal. More a neo-con like Collins and co.
If the senate had 100 people like Susan Collins, the work of the people would get done, at least in the Senate.
Democrats take care of their own don’t they.
Hillary?
Sounds like the engagement party just went trailer park trashy.
I find most trailer trash to vote Republican, Rednecks you know.
Well, one dumb comment deserves an equal response.
it’s sarcasm
WOW….guess you never been to the park on the day when the state checks roll in
pretty sad that when we allow the progressive’s policies to have direct negative effects upon the lives and fortunes of a group of people they are bigoted toward and of whom they hold a deep-seated, paranoid hatred
I’d be in deep doodoo if I never talked to people who don’t share the same views I do. My entire family for instance. They are all Republican and I am a Democrat. I know you must find this shocking, but we all love each other and get along just fine.
Sorry to hear that.. there is always a black sheep
My whole family is Democrat (Lewiston Democrats) I’m the only Republican, and that includes uncles, aunts, cousins, and most of the in laws.
I think someone will call you a racist for that post…
Good for you:) It is a lot of fun to have conversations or disagreements with those of opposing views. It keeps both sides alert and maybe opens up room for differing points of view. If you ever need to go to sleep in a hurry, go to one of those chat rooms that are either liberal or conservative. Most parts start with “Did you hear about what those…….”. With the response of “Yes I did and guess what else those……did”.
The sad part is the Republican party is so full of haters that just going to an engagement party with a Democrat can get you in trouble with the right wing traitors.
There’s too much hatred on BOTH sides. Just read some of ANY LePage story comments. Don’t try to claim that the dems are all lovers and no haters.
I used to post all sweetness and light but after I was savaged by Lepage’s tea party goons during the 2010 Republican primaries I decided to leave the GOP.
Democrats are vicious and united in their attacks against republicans. The hatred is hardly a “right side” only issue.
“Tell ’em to kiss my butt” direct quote from the leader of the Maine Republican’s, Governor Paul Lepage 01/15/2011
These two ladies have shown the way. Gentlemen, set aside your partisan differences, our country needs us all.
NO!!!. no no
do you think obstruction and animosity is good for our country?
ABSOLUTELY Obstruction is the only way to stop these folks from pushing the rest of us off a cliff…. and laughing afterwards.
In fact, our Founding Fathers purposely designed a system that made passing laws ponderous and requireing large majorities to be passed.
That’s why it so easy for either Party, when in the Minority in the Senate, to BLOCK passage of legislation that can’t reach a 60% threshold… the Dems were as excellent at that strategy in the past as the R’s are today!
On another note, my understanding is that it’s the females of many cultures, Native American for instance, who did the real dirty work torturing any captives. Today, we just call it “back biting”.
Susan: Dont take marital advice from ole Hill…. LOL
Lmaooo — good one!
And that has to do with Senator Collins’ engagement……..HOW?????????????
Well by the way Collins voted on equal pay this event should take about 77 minutes in total…what a waste of time and space.
Oh, where are they registered? This is going t be a swell party, I cant wait.
How about: best wishes and no politics for a change.
I’d hate to be the Chippendale who has to jump out of that fake cake…
Wonder who is footing the bill? Dems? Repubs? Secret Service?… I guess in the end it’ll be we the tax payer in some form or another…
Perhaps, and that is disturbing. But even more so is the mental image of Sandra Day O’Connor sticking a fiver in some guy’s G-string. Ewww.
Well… I’ll be skipping lunch today.
Girls Night Out!
So Sen. Collins is marrying a “consultant” which is political speak for lobbyist. This bears some looking into before her next election. Would be curious to see how her fiance’s lobbying has affected her voting record.
We already have that blueprint from Rep Pingree…
This is nothing more than a gathering of the witches to celebrate the demise of another man.
whine whine whine why don’t you get a real life .
If anyone needed proof that the USA still has a “Royal Class” here it is. I guess it would be hard to find a dress bought at Target, or shoes from Payless in this crowd.
Anyone read “Tale of Two Cities?” Good read, and a better blueprint.
It sounds like the Good Old Girls’ Club has arrived!