Promises of Aid to Rural Areas Ring Hollow

If Sen. Max Baucus treats his re-election campaign next year as casually as he is treating his campaign to double philanthropic giving to rural America, he could be vulnerable to a serious challenger.

The Council on Foundations last month held a conference on rural philanthropy in response to the challenge that Senator Baucus, a Montana Democrat, issued in 2006 to double in five years the amount of money foundations give to rural America.

Mr. Baucus chairs the Senate Finance

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