Human Rights Campaign's decision to endorse Sen. Collins has kicked up some dust with progressives over the last several days.
Howie Klein panned the move on Monday, noting at Huffington Post (and in comments here) that Collins has backed some of President Bush's most egregious judicial nominees, and that she actually scores well below Rep. Allen on HRC's own legislative scorecard.
Meanwhile, the endorsement has been ridiculed at Daily Kos and elsewhere.
HRC VP David Smith took to the airwaves yesterday in an effort to quell the controversy. And while I haven't had a chance to listen to the audio yet, the upshot seems to be that Smith continues to face skepticism within the GLBT community.
We've got an e-mail in to Smith, asking him to detail the reasoning behind giving Collins the nod. We'll let you know if he gets back to us with anything interesting.
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