In other MT news, Max Baucus says he’s running for reelection in 2014. He’s come out with an extremely early radio ad.
It’s still a long way to 2014, and I don’t give Baucus’s “announcement” any more importance than Lautenberg’s claim that he’ll seek reelection in 2014 at age 90.
If the GOP picks up 7 net Senate seats this year to get to 54 Senators (which I think is the likeliest result), it appears that the Republicans will get to 60 Senators in 2014, and a first-tier candidate emerges for the GOP in MT, Baucus could well change his mind about seeking reelection, particularly since the Democrats would have Brian Schweitzer and Jon Tester out of office and looking for a job. Would Baucus want to go through all the trouble of winning reelection in MT in 2014 for the “reward” of spending ages 72-78 as part of a small Democrat minority in the Senate?
In any event, I’m not going to worry about Baucus’s seat right now. We need Rehberg to beat Tester this November, and only then start looking for a candidate for the 2014 MT Senate race, be it against Baucus or someone else.