home

Max Baucus

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 10:06:49 AM EST
Tags: (all tags)
Share This: Digg! StumbleUpon del.icio.us reddit reddit

Via Corrente:

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, who has a history of going his own way on major policy matters, Friday announced plans to unveil his own “specific goals and policy options for comprehensive health care reform in 2009” next week — without waiting for the detailed proposals of President-elect Barack Obama .

If you know anything about Max Baucus, you know this is bad news. Ironically, the proponents of health care reform and President-Elect Obama may need Senator Hillary Clinton to get into it with Baucus. She probably is the one person with enough credibility and political muscle to knock Baucus around on this. You think the blogs would welcome that? I doubt they care.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

< "Democratic Strategists" | Kerry For State? >

  • The Online Magazine with Liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news

  • Contribute To TalkLeft


    • Display: Sort:
    Max Baucus | 34 comments (34 topical)

    Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment

    Seems to me that anything with the word Reform (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by blogtopus on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:00:32 AM EST
    is doing just the opposite nowadays.

    Health Care Reform? How about just plain Health Care, Max? That's because he isn't providing it.

    Max, you ignorant slut.

    Again!!!! (5.00 / 2) (#12)
    by Pepe on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:19:21 AM EST
    So Obama needs Hillary Clinton to fight his battles again?

    How about calling on Rahm who people seem to love now and forget all about his DLC roots? Or Biden?

    Hillary didn't get any love after Obama won for winning over all those White voters for Obama. Not the MSM, not one blogger I read gave Hillary Clinton any credit for that. No, it was Obama who won over the White voters according to all post-election account. BS.

    She sucked it up and worked hard to win over Whites in general and specifically her supporters for Obama was instrumental in putting him over the top big time and what thanks and recognition did she get from both the MSM and the bloggers I read? ZERO.

    I say go on vacation Hill, you deserve it. Treat yourself and pat yourself on the back - no one else has. Let Obama fight his own transition battles, it's not your fight right now. You did more that was expected with no reward.

    Hillary persuaded me to vote (5.00 / 2) (#15)
    by ding7777 on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:38:11 AM EST
    for Obama (and still I did not want to vote FOR Obama so I just voted straight Democratic)

    Parent
    Can't imagine what TV (5.00 / 0) (#21)
    by gyrfalcon on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 01:00:14 PM EST
    you've been watching.  I heard her repeatedly praised and given major credit for Obama wins particularly in Florida on MSNBC, CNN and even a couple of dips into Fox.  I heard it repeatedly said that the Obama camp was over the top with pleasure and gratitude for her efforts on his behalf.

    Parent
    I don't watch (none / 0) (#22)
    by Pepe on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 01:16:16 PM EST
    those garbage stations who are full of people with an agenda and are a waste of my time in trying to filter out all the BS.

    Like I said in my post I didn't "read" any people giving her credit. I get all the info I need from reading and can even just skip by paragraphs the are fluff or BS agenda quotes. It saves a tremendous amount of time and aggravation so I can do other things.

    Parent

    Kevin Drum (none / 0) (#28)
    by lilburro on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 02:01:00 PM EST
    Here

    we all owe her some recognition and gratitude for her role in tonight's victory. Hillary has always been unambiguously dedicated to the Democratic Party and the cause of liberalism, and I think she proved that in the most concrete way possible over the past two months.


    Parent
    Good for him (5.00 / 1) (#29)
    by Pepe on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 02:11:47 PM EST
    I don't read him as I don't/can't read everybody. As I said I didn't see anybody mention Hillary in what I had read and I read a pretty wide swath of what is out there.

    IMO not enough people recognized her important contribution. I don't read every post on the front pages here but in what I did read I read nothing on the front pages of Clinton's contributions either.

    Parent

    Didn't Nancy Pelosi say (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by BackFromOhio on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 12:30:53 PM EST
    on Wed. that healthcare is off the table? And is it not widely believed that she said this in coordination with the Obama team?

    Got a link? (none / 0) (#25)
    by oldpro on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 01:34:24 PM EST
    I can't find that anywhere and I've looked...

    Parent
    Here's the link (none / 0) (#31)
    by BackFromOhio on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 07:47:34 PM EST

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seeking to limit expectations on what a new Democratic regime will be able to achieve in the 111th Congress.
    "We have to choose our priorities" and decide "what is achievable," Pelosi told reporters this morning, adding: "A lot of it is about time." She saied that the current economic conditions and budget deficit "are going to make it harder" to do some big things dear to Democrats, like comp