Baucus, Max
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President Barack Obama’s even-keel temperament is out of tune with a troubled, edgy electorate.
If the Democrats get crushed in November, the thinking goes, all bets are off.
If Congress takes no action, taxpayers at every income level face significant tax increases next year.
Public also interested healthcare reform and rumors of a transaction tax.
Baucus was elected to the Senate in 1978.
Legislation to restore unemployment benefits broke free of Senate Republican delaying tactics.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s can-do tradition of sensible problem-solving has disappeared.
It would be a bitter defeat for President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats.
Obama's renewed call for stimulus spending as insurance against a double-dip recession hit a roadblock.
