max baucus will retire. Good riddance to garbage. He screwed up the ACA, and other things, and now

[still_one]

will go off to the private sector and profit as a lobbyist

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1. Linky?

[still_one]

2. Bloomberg, but it is on Huffington Post now

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3. I "get" that Dems from Red states have to guard their Red side to survive,

like MacCASKILL, but if he knew he wasn't going to run again he might have voted for gun safety now. What's the (ex-?)governor, Dem, who might run, like?

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4. Exactly, and for the ACA, making a public option available would NOT have hurt him back then.

However, it should be clear by now that for our red state so-called democrats, it isn't about going somewhat to the right to match their people's views, but to defend and protect their corporate master at the expense and injury of the public

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5. This is why the Dems should never award Chairs to vulnerable Senators in Red States,

particularly conservative Blue Dogs who go with the GOP half the time, anyway. But, unfortunately, that's precisely why Bachus got his Committee. He's reliably Right-wing.

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6. How soon does he announce where he gets his CRONY job from when he goes?

Will it be a weapons manufacturer or health insurance company or some other corporate POS company?

You just KNOW that will be who he's working for all of these years instead of the people of Montana and this country!

GOOD F'ing RIDDANCE as you say!