ENDORSEMENT Former Ambassador & Senator Max Baucus Endorses @JoeBiden for President

[Gothmog]

Link to tweet

[kysrsoze]

1. THE Max Baucus? The one who torpedoed the public option? Great...

[JoeOtterbein]

3. +1000!

(little laughing emoji guy rolling on floor)

[karynnj]

12. He did not torpedo the public option. He needed 60 senators.

Joe Lieberman, Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson and all the Republicans were adamant that they would vote against the bill with it in.

What he did was to craft a bill that every Democrat would vote for.

[in2herbs]

2. Baucus -- the D senator who is a proponent of slaughtering horses and (when a senator)

said that the slaughtering of horses will be good for the American economy and will mean jobs for Americans.

So why doesn't somebody ask Joe what his position is on horse slaughter?

[BlueMTexpat]

4. As someone who knew

and voted for Max Baucus when he was actually a liberal in the 70s and I lived in MT, but who ultimately became another disappointing rubber-stamper of GOP legislation, I'm not sure that this endorsement is all that desirable.

He should have stayed with Wife #1. She would have kept him on the right path, IMO.

But whatever.

[Cha]

5. Thank you, Goth!

[KayF]

6. a big blow to Bernie

but it's not over, Dick Gephardt hasn't endorsed anyone yet. Fingers crossed!!

[oasis]

10. Don't worry, Rep.Primila Jayapal is good for a 3rd endorsement of Bernie.

That should help to even things out.

[ms liberty]

7. Oh, Max "there will be no public option" Baucus? Ugh.

[oasis]

8. Baucus intends to shock us by endorsing just before the caucus.

5...4...3..2...1 Biden's rivals will mock us.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

11. Poetry!

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. K&R