[cyncooper]

well I didn't use the word "moderate" I said non partisan but even pundits like Hannity and others have descrobed him this way. The thing about him is he doesn't lash out and become rabid like alot of the Dems.......I will listen to anyone that is civil with their discourse. When you listen to him in interviews he is quite reasoned. Not a conservative but reasonable

I didn't say you used the word "moderate". I used it and put it in quotes to denote my disdain for its application to him. I'm well aware of Bayh's reputation and history. I've listened to him in plenty of interviews and on the Senate Floor. I listen to all of these politicians.

He established himself with his comments yesterday and his declaration to vote no on Rice and his actual vote, not only as a partisan, but an extreme partisan.

[YaYa123]

Girl...........listen! You made me realize something....It's GREAT that Evan Bayh came out of the closet on this vote. It's a red flag for many moderate voters, signaling, "he ain't one of us!".

My take was that he was just voting against Condi as a ruse, so the left of the party would think well of him. Now I'm convinced that no matter why he voted against her, it will come back to bite him on the butt. (Good news as far as I'm concerned, because until this vote, he was the only demo candidate that I feared in 2008.)