rssLiberal Groups Target Baucus Over Public Option
Monday, September 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has been a long-time supporter of creating a government-backed health insurance plan to compete against private companies. Much to the consternation of liberals, though, the bill working its way through the committee doesn’t include that option because Baucus thinks it won’t get the votes to pass the upper chamber. Today, several liberal groups — Progressive Change Committee and Democracy for America — launched a new $50,000 ad campaign designed to force a change of heart in the Montana Democrat. From CNN:
In a new 60 second commercial that begins running Tuesday in Baucus’ home state and in Washington, D.C., Montana farmer Bing Perrine urges Baucus to support a public option — something the senator has ruled out in a bid to gain bipartisan support for the measure. Perrine said that he faces more than $100,000 in medical bills because of heart problems.
We’ll know soon enough how well the pressure works. The Finance Committee will reconvene this week to continue their mark up of the Baucus bill, with Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) planning to force votes Tuesday on their public plan amendments.
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Comment posted September 28, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
We need the public option toprovide healthcare for millions of Americans.
Comment posted September 28, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
Attacking their own moderaqte liberqls is the type of self-destructive thing I've come to expect from Democratic liberqls.
Comment posted September 28, 2009 @ 8:17 pm
Baucus is doing this because of the campaign contributions he is getting from HMOs. He should resign from office in disgrace.
Comment posted September 28, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
Because you hate it when it gets harder to see the difference between the parties, as the level of corruption in the Blue Dog wing approaches the level of corruption in the GOP in general?
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Comment posted September 30, 2009 @ 2:07 am
The problem has a mirror image in the Republicans. The extreme purists have a great deal of trouble dealing with people in cross-pressured swing districts. I have about 40 years of “ward-and-precinct” experience in a swing-vote area. This is a very different question than working an overwhelmingly one-party area. The Blue Dogs are responding to pressures from voters with different viewpoints and economic or social interests. Adjusting for these seperate groups is the function of elections nd democracy in politics.and the Parties.
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