why does Max Baucus have sub-par approvals?

[freepcrusher]

This is one thing that I found surprising for a few reasons:

1. He isn't overly liberal compared to other democrat senators
2. He has been in office for over 30 years and had the constituents found a reason to get rid of him, wouldn't they already have voted him out?
3. He hasn't done anything controversial except for maybe that rant against Roger Wicker.

[Ebowed]

He was foisted into the spotlight during the health care reform debate and has been paying the consequences for being a Democrat in Montana ever since.

[Miles]

He was foisted into the spotlight during the health care reform debate and has been paying the consequences for being a Democrat in Montana ever since.

This.

Tester laid low during the healthcare debate, so his approval numbers didn't take much of a hit. Baucus was the ringleader.