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Bayh will not seek third term [EVAN BAYH (RAT INDIANA) IS RETIRING]
FOX NEWS/AP ^
| Feb 15, 2010 7:59 AM PST
Posted on 02/15/2010 7:43:23 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
JUST BREAKING....RED STATE DEMOCRAT RETIRES.
TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: 111th; bayh; in2010; indiana
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To: SoFloFreeper
WOW!!!! Made my day. BTW, this is my first post here on FR. A long time lurker, but now breaking out of my conservative shell and will make an effort to be more vocal.
To: hoosiermama
Cameron talking about Elsworth (?) who may be able to hold that seat should he run, although the prospects of any dem holding the seat may be slim. Bayh has been warning the dems for months to become more centrist but they’ve paid about as much attention to him as they have to voters.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:08:48 AM PST
by
StarFan
To: Joe Marine 76
Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts was a game-changer. If a Democrat is not safe here ("Kennedy's seat" no less), no Democrat is safe anywhere this November.
This explains all the "retirements" lately. With this approaching GOP tsunami, there's a lot of Democrats out there that want to get to higher land now. No politician wants to end their career by losing an election.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:08:55 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(I am 30 days away from outliving Jim Jones)
To: evets
You forgot the caption:
"Well, . . . BYE."
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:09:25 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: cripplecreek
So are they jumping ship because theyre in trouble or are they jumping ship because they expect the emperor to do something really crazy? Oh, I'm pretty sure it's the latter.
I think Evan Bayh, one of the few Democrats known for occasional sanity, could retain his seat in Indiana, he's not afraid of losing that seat, he's afraid of retaining it.
Evan Bayh sees that the Obama cabal is bound and determined to take this country where even some Democrats don't want to go.
To: lowtaxsmallgov
I think we may have a decent chance of a Pickup in Name Only here in Illinois. The dem candidate has some nasty mob ties that are coming out. And he is a banker, so all of Obama's rhetoric about bad bankers getting big bonuses doesn't help this guy a whole lot. And the dem governor candidate is very weak.
The bad news is that Kirk is a Turbo RNIO.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:10:01 AM PST
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Brugmansian
Things are pretty bad for the Dems when they quit buying their own BS.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:10:02 AM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: SoFloFreeper
To: Candor7
A little too heavy on conspiracy theories.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:10:30 AM PST
by
DarthVader
(Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
To: SoFloFreeper
BO’s/BS’s coattails continue to shorten!
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:10:47 AM PST
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
I knew I should have read the comments before I posted that. LOL!
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:10:55 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
To: SoFloFreeper
Wow. Never thought he’d drop out. Wonder what’s up.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:11:39 AM PST
by
Girlene
To: hoosiermama
I’m feeling pretty good this morning, despite the snow :)
Maybe we can get the whole bunch to quit. LOL.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:12:13 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(Only dead fish go with the flow)
To: SoFloFreeper
Indiana voters went for Obama thinking that it was the Republicans responsible for the 7% unemployment rate in the East Chicago to Goshen to Fort Wayne corridor.
Then they got Obama and the unemployment rate in many counties in that area went up to 15%.
For a variety of reasons the blockheads in the North have this idea that when Obama says he'll bankrupt the coal users that meant someone else.
I get the idea here that Bayh finally figured it out and realized he probably couldn't have any more outdoor political rallys ~ anywhere.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:12:16 AM PST
by
muawiyah
("Git Out The Way")
To: Miss Marple; hoosiermama
You here, Miss Marple and hoosiermama?
Your take on this?
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:12:21 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
To: wayoverontheright
Thats an interesting take on this.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:12:34 AM PST
by
John W
To: Girlene
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! DIMs go down. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Have a nice day, DIMs.
To: SoFloFreeper
Governorship ... Back to the Future
To: SoFloFreeper
Just read the article on Fox’s site. The part of the article that talks about Bayah being up big on Coates all comes from Democratic sources. Sounds to me like Democrats trying to do damage control. I know the last polls that Rasmussen had showed Bayah in big trouble against unnamed Republican challenger. Wonder if Mike Pence is kicking himself right now.
To: SoFloFreeper
The sad thing might be these retiring rats could be now willing to fall on swords with extremely UNPOPULAR votes. From the Monty Python movie..."Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah, how much worse can it get?"
I left IN 20+ years ago but I still follow the politics a little...I was dismayed but not totally surprised when Bayh was elected.
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posted on
02/15/2010 8:13:29 AM PST
by
Felis_irritable
(Fool me once, I'll punch you in the...er, something or other...)
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