MT-SEN: Baucus resigns

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

At least he will be kept from the revolving door for a few years.

Yeah seriously. I think he's one of the worst culprits of the revolving door, especially when they were drafting health care reform in '09/'10.

[Deus Naturae]

American Crossroads to spend 138k on an anti-Walsh ad.

[Deus Naturae]

MT Dems call on Daines to release his birth certificate.

[Vega]

MT Dems call on Daines to release his birth certificate.

You know, I would be more concerned about the fact of how Daines only served 1 term as Rep for Montana.

And the guy before him ran for Senate in 2012.

[RogueBeaver]

Both men took their first elective office last January. Your point? Also LOL MT Dems. I thought only Republicans could be birthers.

[windjammer]

Well, who is going to be the pub nominee for the house?

[publicunofficial]

Well, who is going to be the pub nominee for the house?

Former State Sen. Ryan Zinke and Former State Sen. Corey Stapleton are the only names in the R primary I believe.


Democrats have coalesced behind former Baucus staffer John Lewis.

[windjammer]

Corey Stapleton, I'm not sure but I think he's a troll!

[Vega]

If John Lewis does win the Montana seat; that would be really funny. As there is another Representative with the same name.

[publicunofficial]

Corey Stapleton, I'm not sure but I think he's a troll!

ok

[windjammer]

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/walsh-introduces-first-bill-as-senator-to-restrict-nsa-and/article_30f88c8f-8fb7-50c5-b69c-23bfdfd0f0e8.html

A great move in order to connect well with Montana!

[Miles]

Corey Stapleton, I'm not sure but I think he's a troll!

Why's that? He was running for Senate but was a team player and dropped down to MT-AL to clear the way for Daines. He seems like a decent candidate.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I wonder had Bohlinger remained a regitered Republican, would he be allowed to run as a Democrat? He already has been a Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, after all.

If I'm not mistaken, Carolyn McCarthy has already served in the House as a Democrat, while remaining a registered Republican.

[LeBron]

The second Schweitzer screw-up in trying to cost National Democrats a Senate seat and possibly control of the Senate. This was the man who Schweitzer picked in 2002 to run with him which gained the slate a lot of criticism, but over time, helped Bohlinger out a lot from Schweitzer's popularity, and now he wants to use that to pretend like he's a Democrat and attempt to primary his successor as Lt. Governor, John Walsh. It's pretty much a Bullock vs. Schweitzer matchup here, guys. Bullock appointed Walsh and something tells me Schweitzer is behind encouraging Bohlinger to run after Schweitzer dropped out in disgrace.

If we do lose this seat because of this now brutal Democratic primary, then Hillary has even more baggage to attack Schweitzer with for 2016. I wouldn't even trust Bohlinger to run for a second term if he was elected because of his old age and he would probably leave us hanging, to. Him and Schweitzer are giving the middle finger to Harry Reid and it just goes to show they can't be trusted to represent us on a federal level. Walsh, on the other hand, at least understands that this needs to be a race about preserving Senate control and attacking the far-right Daines for his extreme views on abortion and Medicare and vote for the govt shutdown. Walsh, thankfully has the backing of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Jon Tester, but I just hope he doesn't get hurt from this primary because it's bad enough that it's a little known Senator trying to get re-elected in Montana, but another to risk getting primaried by a DINO while Daines has a free ride to the nomination with little opposition.

[Flake]

So you're saying the reason Democrats would lose this seat is because of Schweitzer?

Not because this guy is a very popular congressman, but because Schweitzer screwed everything up and encouraged a challenger to run?

[LeBron]

So you're saying the reason Democrats would lose this seat is because of Schweitzer?

Not because this guy is a very popular congressman, but because Schweitzer screwed everything up and encouraged a challenger to run?

That was the consensus among some even before these news. We were relying on Schweitzer to run in the first place after Baucus's retirement only to decline over allegations. And over time in this campaign, Walsh can turn Daines into the exact opposite, but with Bohlinger as a nuisance and threat now, he'll have to take time and money out of his own campaign and can't settle on just Daines until he beats out Bohlinger.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

So you're saying the reason Democrats would lose this seat is because of Schweitzer?

Not because this guy is a very popular congressman, but because Schweitzer screwed everything up and encouraged a challenger to run?

That was the consensus among some even before these news. We were relying on Schweitzer to run in the first place after Baucus's retirement only to decline over allegations. And over time in this campaign, Walsh can turn Daines into the exact opposite, but with Bohlinger as a nuisance and threat now, he'll have to take time and money out of his own campaign and can't settle on just Daines until he beats out Bohlinger.

He declined because he honestly didn't want to be a Senator. He'd been saying it for years. He wants to be President, and he's running in 2016 regardless of what Hillary does.

[Joshgreen]

So you're saying the reason Democrats would lose this seat is because of Schweitzer?

Not because this guy is a very popular congressman, but because Schweitzer screwed everything up and encouraged a challenger to run?

How is Daines a "very popular" congressman? Latest polls showed mixed ratings and not well known....

[SWE]

So you're saying the reason Democrats would lose this seat is because of Schweitzer?

Not because this guy is a very popular congressman, but because Schweitzer screwed everything up and encouraged a challenger to run?

That was the consensus among some even before these news. We were relying on Schweitzer to run in the first place after Baucus's retirement only to decline over allegations. And over time in this campaign, Walsh can turn Daines into the exact opposite, but with Bohlinger as a nuisance and threat now, he'll have to take time and money out of his own campaign and can't settle on just Daines until he beats out Bohlinger.

Schweitzer had made it clear long before Baucus retired that he never wanted to serve in congress

[LeBron]

So you're saying the reason Democrats would lose this seat is because of Schweitzer?

Not because this guy is a very popular congressman, but because Schweitzer screwed everything up and encouraged a challenger to run?

That was the consensus among some even before these news. We were relying on Schweitzer to run in the first place after Baucus's retirement only to decline over allegations. And over time in this campaign, Walsh can turn Daines into the exact opposite, but with Bohlinger as a nuisance and threat now, he'll have to take time and money out of his own campaign and can't settle on just Daines until he beats out Bohlinger.

He declined because he honestly didn't want to be a Senator. He'd been saying it for years. He wants to be President, and he's running in 2016 regardless of what Hillary does.

Actually, following Baucus's retirement, sources show he was "leaning towards" a run, but declined since he doesn't want to give up his new, luxurious life post-Governorship. He also said a Presidential run would "ruin his life" so it sounds like he's done. It would be absolutely absurd of him to pass a Senate race where he would be the front runner only to run (and fail) against Hillary 2 years later in the Democratic primary.

The main point is, Schweitzer couldn't pull through for Democrats when we needed him most and needed the strongest candidate possible without Senator Baucus running. Yet when Dems regained momentum in getting a Senator appointed to increase their chances, Schweitzer gets involved when we don't need him at all in attempting to get Bohlinger the seat at the cost of possibly losing this seat now to Republicans. It's becoming more and more obvious that he doesn't care about the Democratic Party.

[Miles]

Bohlinger rips Reid/Walsh in an op-ed.

[publicunofficial]

Daines has an ad. Positive bio spot touting his business credentials.

[Miles]

Daines supports teaching creationism.

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[windjammer]

Daines supports teaching creationism.

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Oh my god, god bless Daines .

This is Montana, not Oklahoma.

[Joe Republic]

Uh, 'teach both sides, let the kids make up their own minds' is not a very controversial position in most parts of the US, including Montana.

This is America, not a sane country.