The discontent against the Democratic Party, which is simmering right now, I blame squarely on Max Baucus and his inept handling of health care reform this summer.
If Max Baucus had a sense of urgency about health care reform and came out with his bill by the August recess, like he was supposed to have done, we'd probably have a bill signed by now.
If he didn't waste time trying to get one Republican to vote with him, so he could call it a bipartisan victory, we'd have health care reform by now.
If we had health care reform now, the Democratic Party would have something positive to take to the voters in 2010.
If he'd done what the rest of the four other committees, in the House and Senate did, and put a public option in his version of the bill we'd have a more popular bill passed by now.
Whatever discontent is going to be turned against Democrats this year as voters go to the polls rests largely on Baucus' failure to put order into his committee and get a bill passed before the August recess and what did pass was watered down and not as effective as the other proposals the other Congressional committees proposed.
America is going to pay the price for this dumb-ass Senator, who represents a state whose population is as large as the fans who turn up every Saturday to watch the University of Michigan, Penn State, University of Texas, Clemson, and University of Southern California play football.