As much as I want more Democrats in the U.S. Senate, I love seeing more and more women in the Senate even if they are Republican. To that end, it has been an internal controversy for me in desiring to see moderate Republican Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine lose a re-election to a male Democrat. However, I am happy to see that it looks as if a female Democrat will be running against Senator Collins in 2002 and that alleviates much of my internal controversy and allows me to further continue my stalwart Democratic partisanship.