Six-term Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., plans on retiring at the end of his term, he announced Tuesday."Deciding not to run for re-election was an extremely difficult decision," Baucus said in a statement. "After thinking long and hard, I decided I want to focus the next year and a half on serving Montana unconstrained by the demands of a campaign. Then, I want to come home and spend time with Mel, my son Zeno, and our family enjoying the Montana public lands we've fought hard to keep open and untarnished."
That's disappointing. If Schweitzer runs, he's much more likely to hold onto it than baucus.
Why is that disappointing? Schweitzer was a popular governor and a progressive one at that.
Also he made a point of vetoing certain bills by using a cattle branding iron.
Montana Democrat Max Baucus to retire - CBS News
the author of obamacare, who just last week called the president's signature piece not a train wreck but a "huge train wreck," also voted to help kill manchin-toomey, the swiss-cheese-like background check bill, the death of which launched barack hussein full quack into lameduck status
6 terms, 36 years, 13 as chair of senate finance
trailing in the polls, baucus has also been fighting with reid and reid's puppet master, schumer, over comprehensive tax reform---the outgoing chair wants to eliminate loopholes and deductions in return for a broad based lowering of corporate and personal rates
Baucus to retire rather than seek reelection in 2014: Washington Post
ie, anathema to party leadership
baucus makes SIX retirees---tim johnson from dakota, lautenberg from joisey, levin from michigan, rockefeller from WV, and iowa's tom harkin
other D held seats potentially vulnerable include---alaska (begich), lousiana (landrieu), arkansas (pryor), north carolina (hagan) and on the outside virginia with mark warner
fyi
Montana Democrat Max Baucus to retire - CBS News
the author of obamacare, who just last week called the president's signature piece not a train wreck but a "huge train wreck," also voted to help kill manchin-toomey, the swiss-cheese-like background check bill, the death of which launched barack hussein full quack into lameduck status
6 terms, 36 years, 13 as chair of senate finance
trailing in the polls, baucus has also been fighting with reid and reid's puppet master, schumer, over comprehensive tax reform---the outgoing chair wants to eliminate loopholes and deductions in return for a broad based lowering of corporate and personal rates
Baucus to retire rather than seek reelection in 2014: Washington Post
ie, anathema to party leadership
baucus makes SIX retirees---tim johnson from dakota, lautenberg from joisey, levin from michigan, rockefeller from WV, and iowa's tom harkin
other D held seats potentially vulnerable include---alaska (begich), lousiana (landrieu), arkansas (pryor), north carolina (hagan) and on the outside virginia with mark warner
fyi
Montana Democrat Max Baucus to retire - CBS News
the author of obamacare, who just last week called the president's signature piece not a train wreck but a "huge train wreck," also voted to help kill manchin-toomey, the swiss-cheese-like background check bill, the death of which launched barack hussein full quack into lameduck status
6 terms, 36 years, 13 as chair of senate finance
trailing in the polls, baucus has also been fighting with reid and reid's puppet master, schumer, over comprehensive tax reform---the outgoing chair wants to eliminate loopholes and deductions in return for a broad based lowering of corporate and personal rates
Baucus to retire rather than seek reelection in 2014: Washington Post
ie, anathema to party leadership
baucus makes SIX retirees---tim johnson from dakota, lautenberg from joisey, levin from michigan, rockefeller from WV, and iowa's tom harkin
other D held seats potentially vulnerable include---alaska (begich), lousiana (landrieu), arkansas (pryor), north carolina (hagan) and on the outside virginia with mark warner
fyi
indeed, I hope he runs.kWhy is that disappointing? Schweitzer was a popular governor and a progressive one at that.
Also he made a point of vetoing certain bills by using a cattle branding iron.
Now that he totally ****ed the country over, he can retire with his fat congressional pension and CONGRESSIONAL HEALTHCARE PLAN. The SOB ought to lose everything and be frog-marched out of DC.
Johanns and Chambliss are a good start from the repubs.
I'm sure they don't have any of Baucus's perks, no matter how much of a POS he is.
Anyone behind Obamacare, but we're not talking about them are we?
Montana Democrat Max Baucus to retire - CBS News
the author of obamacare, who just last week called the president's signature piece not a train wreck but a "huge train wreck," also voted to help kill manchin-toomey, the swiss-cheese-like background check bill, the death of which launched barack hussein full quack into lameduck status
6 terms, 36 years, 13 as chair of senate finance
trailing in the polls, baucus has also been fighting with reid and reid's puppet master, schumer, over comprehensive tax reform---the outgoing chair wants to eliminate loopholes and deductions in return for a broad based lowering of corporate and personal rates
Baucus to retire rather than seek reelection in 2014: Washington Post
ie, anathema to party leadership
baucus makes SIX retirees---tim johnson from dakota, lautenberg from joisey, levin from michigan, rockefeller from WV, and iowa's tom harkin
other D held seats potentially vulnerable include---alaska (begich), lousiana (landrieu), arkansas (pryor), north carolina (hagan) and on the outside virginia with mark warner
fyi
Such as Heitkamp who voted against gun registration but supports Keystone and Obamacare.
Die hard partisans hate elected officials who vote the wishes of their constituents instead of the party line all the time.
How did ecofarm make a quote from I didn't post?
At least the post does not show up as a real one?
I do not know. But what I was getting at I respect any elected official who votes the way their constituents wishes regardless of which party they belong to. Our elected officials may run as a Republican or Democrat, but they are elected to represent the people of their district and state before party. I think Baucus did this. Montana is not New York or New Jersey.
And Schweitzer will be a better candidate for "today's" Montana.
Didn't Baucus vote for Obamacare?
And he is doing poorly in polls.
If states can pass laws to term limit state officials, the fed should be able to do the same thing.
There are plenty more 6-termers who need to go now, especially McConnell.
Such as Heitkamp who voted against gun registration but supports Keystone and Obamacare.
Besides McConnell, Reid also has to go. Both put their party way above the nation. Our elected officials are suppose to be Americans before being Republicans and Democrats. But this fact is lost on the vast majority of our elected officials.
Baucus your kid brother or boyfriend or something? You can't seem to talk about the guy.
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