Video: A huge Republican wave comparable to 1994 is coming, says … Evan Bayh

Hot Air ^ | SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 | ALLAHPUNDIT

[Padams]

I would not be surprised if Bayh challenges Obama in 2012.

[RobinMasters]

Evan Bayh has strong records as a Gov.

[RobinMasters]

It would be good. But I doubt.

[poindexter]

I think we risk having peaked too early. If we start thinking this election is in the bag, with the help of Dems crying “Woe is us”, we can still lose this thing, or at least not perform up to potential.

We need to keep our eyes on the prize. Kick ‘em while they’re down. Like they do to us.

[dangus]

I can’t believe what I’m reading. Evan Bayh was a straight-down-the-left lapdog liberal who did’t say boo about the trillion-dollar giveaway called a stmulus, socializing medicine, taxpayer funded abortions, cash for clunkers, you name it. Maybe he used to be a moderate in the statehouse, but he was rubber stamp in the Senate.

[Pollster1]

GOP Senate thoughts, based mainly on Election Projection and Rel Clear Politics but consistent with other sources:

At least seven certain or fairly likely gains:
ND: Hoeven will pick up the open Dem seat. Easily.
Arkansas: Blanche Lincoln is going down as she so richly deserves.
Indiana: Coates will pick up the open seat.
PA: Toomey over Sestak . . . probably. Donations would help! Working the polls especially to stop the expected fraud and intimidation, getting out the vote, or just pushing friends and neighbors to go vote are also good ideas if you live there or in an adjacent state.
Colorado: Buck leads over incumbent Bennet, barely.
Delaware: Castle leads for the open seat, barely.
Illinois: Kirk leads for the open seat, barely.

Five races that are well worth following or working on:
Washington: Rossi/Murray a toss up. Donations would help! Working the polls, get out the vote, or just pushing friends and neighbors to go vote are also good ideas if you live there.
California: Fiorina/Boxer close but leaning the wrong way. Very large donations might help. Working the polls, get out the vote, or just pushing friends and neighbors to go vote are also good ideas if you live there.
Nevada: Angle/Reid close but leaning the wrong way. Donations would help! Working the polls, get out the vote, or just pushing friends and neighbors to go vote are also good ideas if you live there.
Wisconsin: Unknown/Feingold likely to be close once the Republican is official. Primary Sept. 14. Donations might help! Working the polls, get out the vote, or just pushing friends and neighbors to go vote are also good ideas if you live there.
W Va: Raese/Manchin, potentially in play if the Dems continue to mess up, but not terribly close at this point. Donations might help! Working the polls, get out the vote, or just pushing friends and neighbors to go vote are also good ideas if you live there.

Six seats that Dems hold and are very likely to keep:
New York: Both seats up for election, but if the GOP can pick up Gillibrand's it's because we're sweeping the board. Primary Sept. 14.
Oregon: Unlikely, Wyden is pretty strong.
Vermont: Unlikely, Leahy is VERY strong.
Maryland: Unlikely, Milkulski is pretty strong.
Hawaii: Unlikely, Inouye is pretty strong.

Note: FL and NH are open GOP seats with races that are close, but we have a good chance to hold both seats if we get our voters to the polls and the dead don't outnumber us. No other GOP seats are in play. Also, the incoming Republics vary from nearly perfect to marginally better than the outgoing Dems, and I hope the purists will still celebrate even moderate GOP victories. Snowe and McCain are better than nothing, barely, and a whole lot better than true-believer Dems. And we can always replace them next time around.

[John W]

No, campaigned as a moderate but never governed as one. Mitch is still cleaning up the mess from those and subsequent years in Indianapolis.

[Maine Mariner]

The temporary host of Washington Week in Review, Ken Bode, predicted on the Friday show before the election on Tuesday that the Republicans would take both the House and Senate.
I don’t think many people including a lot of Republicans believed him. He was right. Oh and he left the show shortly thereafter.

[Mad Dawgg]

"I would not be surprised if Bayh challenges Obama in 2012."

Bayh, sadly, would be better than Juan McLame.

[Mr. Lucky]

No, he wouldn’t.

[Padams]

Bayh would be better than McLame, Obama or Hillary.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Fortunately, Bummer’s continual clown performance on the behalf of the Jackass Party is a great help in keeping interest in the GOP way up.

[caww]

Thank you for responding...I agree with your statements and important the people not think it's in the bag quite yet...it's not.

The Republicans have been relatively quite as these bashing of Democrates and Bo take place....I am thinking they are preparing..at least hopefully so...to come out swinging when it matters the most that they do. It doesn't help having Steel at the helm unfortunately... Today Sheriff Joe said the "gloves come off"...they have pushed him far enough it would seem. And they will continue to do so as these elections come into view. All can take a page out of Palins book...she knows how to nail them...and she does. But will the Republicans step up when it really matters?....we shall indeed see.

[Intolerant in NJ]

. Yes, after 60 years of trying, they finally got a foot in the door of socialized medicine, but they knew the price they’d pay was steep...I don't think they "knew" any such thing - they believe they're so much more intelligent and clever than everyone else that their ideas will when put into action actually make the country and world into utopia - their decades long wet dream has in fact become a nightmare for the country, and for them in November.....

[poindexter]

Agreed. I hope Republicans all over come out swinging...soon. I recall the 1992 election starring GHW Bush vs Bill Clinton.

For months, Slick, Carville, and Stephanopolis were out bashing Bush the Elder day after day after day. 41 didn't respond in kind. My friend and I were incredulous. Every day one of us would say to the other "I bet he'll come out swinging soon." After awhile we were saying "He'd better come out swinging soon." Bush never did....and he lost.

Unfortunately, history is repeating itself here in Washington State with Patty Murray vs Dino Rossi for US Senate. Dino would make a great Senator, but Murray has her slime machine working overtime. Dino is the ultimate "Nice Guy" and isn't responding in kind. I keep thinking: "Dino had better come out swinging soon...."

I'm getting a bad feeling.

[nascarnation]

Bayh’s definitely a liberal.
Mayabe not a marxist.

One of the first things he did as Gov of Indiana was allow the UAW to organize the state employees.

One of the first things Mitch Daniels did was to terminate the UAW as rep of state employees.