[Vigilanteman]

Walsh will serve out the rest of his Senate term, which ends in early January 2015.

Anything to cling to power as long as possible and deny a replacement a jump on seniority . . . whom they obviously don't expect to be another RAT.

[EDINVA]

That’s how HE was appointed. Baucus retired early to give the Dems a leg-up by having the Gov appoint his Dem replacement. Didn’t work out as planned.

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Walsh will serve out the rest of his Senate term, which ends in early January 2015.

Anything to cling to power as long as possible and deny a replacement a jump on seniority . .

That's what the paper says, but Walsh may not have thought out whether he's going to hang on to the very last day yet.