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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:08 PM Original message |
Sen. Baucus: "I want a public option too." |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Keep the pressure on NT |
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Becky72 (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:16 PM Original message |
The Research 2000 poll changed his mind |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Does he still want to extend Medicare to those 55-64 too? |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Baucus has never been against the public option... |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Is he not the one who was tearing apart any reform |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I say BULL FUCKING SHIT. |
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Becky72 (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm also wondering why, if Baucus said this on August 17th, it came out now |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. If he supports a bill with public option it really matters little |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't you love the smell of democracy at work? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm thinking he's lying to get them off his back. n/t |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Strange - and I had just finished formulating my Alternate Theory of Max Baucus |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. My theory of Max Baucus is even simpler |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. A Tale Of Two Committees? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Um, sorry but Baucus takes more money from the health insurance industry |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's equivelant to- "I prefer the public option..", or "..the public option should |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah, not as strong and forceful as the blue dog leader from |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. ... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. . |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm guessing that Max said, "I want one, too, but....." (fill in the blank) |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Even if he said that, that would be better than Kent Conrad. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Oh, very true. I didn't mean to imply that it's not good news that he said that. nt |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Baucus may have totally misread the upper chamber's "certain" chances of |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think it is very important to isolate Conrad - he seems to be the anti public option point man |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Agree. He's playing the recalcitrant prairie Calvinist, afraid of |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. OMG! "Recalcitrant prairie Calvinist" |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. This would be big!! |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. Remember: He can Lie about wanting it -- since the Financee Committee as a whole dont want it |
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