[TheDailyChange]

In a recent Wall Street Journal Opinion Editorial titled, “Deficits and Fiscal Credibility,“, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) presented his reasons for advocating a “No” vote on the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. Senator Bayh asserted, “Our nation’s current fiscal imbalance is unprecedented, unsustainable and, if unaddressed, a major threat to our currency and our economic vitality. The national debt now exceeds $10 trillion. This is almost double what it was just eight years ago, and the debt is growing at a rate of about $1 million a minute.”

He went on to state, “The bloated omnibus requires sacrifice from no one, least of all the government. It only exacerbates the problem and hastens the day of reckoning. Voters rightly demanded change in November’s election, but this approach to spending represents business as usual in Washington, not the voters’ mandate.”

Senator Bayh is said to have taken a prominent role in campaigning for President Obama in his home state. Yet, on this issue of fiscal responsibility and the economic and political health of our nation, Obama and Senator Bayh obviously don’t see eye to eye. Senator Bayh’s concern for our nation’s sovereignty is conveyed in the following statement wherein he references foreign investors holding such a large portion of America’s debt, “This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests.”

[devane617]

I hope and pray that we have more Dims see the light and turn on Obama. Our future is in their hands until the next election.

[Frantzie]

Sounds more Republican than Juan McCain, Snowe, Specter, Collins, Graham-nesty, Mel Martinez or Charlie Crist.

[DarthVader]

Good for you Evan!!

[Crawdad]

He’s running for president.

[Lets Be Frank]

Even broken clocks are right twice a day...and he is right on this. We cannot keep spending the way we have for the past couple of decades.

[popdonnelly]

That’s one for Bayh. Don’t go wobbly, Senator.

[MozarkDawg]

As Rush pointed this out with irony yesterday, will the lamestream now jump all over Bayh and proclaim that he wants 0bama to fail? Will Step-on-all-of-us question other Dems with the “Are you going to follow your colleague Bayh and hope that 0bama fails?” charge this Sunday?