Bayh will not seek third term [EVAN BAYH (RAT INDIANA) IS RETIRING]

FOX NEWS/AP ^ | Feb 15, 2010 7:59 AM PST

[Miss Marple]

I didn’t think about governor. You’re right.

I actually think he was happiest as governor.

[onyx]

I think this is a huge retirement!
I am thrilled because I have long tired of hearing Evan described as a moderate, particularly after he voted for the healthcare monstrosity.

[onyx]

The deadline is tomorrow, not Friday?

[Miss Marple]

He is only a moderate when compared to Barbara Boxer or Chuck Schumer.

He’s just a normal liberal, although less obnoxious than most.

I am tiring of hearing from Carl Cameron. I want to know what Karl Rove has to say.

[StAnDeliver]

It's the plan. Keep your eye on Bennett. I would get back into politics to help Tony beat Evan.

I just wonder if Baron can scramble 5000 signatures in 24 hours...

[Outlaw Woman]

Better than what we have now? Which part of Obama’s agenda has he been vocally against? I must have missed that.

[xtinct]

sentiments against Evan Bayh extremely negative ... he would have lost the election anyway

statement based on my very old-time Democrat relatives in Indiana... once they were convinced that their Democrats have been upsurped by the Marxist Democratic Party...

They are now proudly Independent voters... looking at the person who will follow the citizens' directions knowing that they ONLY represent the citizens' wishes...

e.g. Bayh sold his soul to Obambi....

[Girlene]

“Bayh’s decision will set Dems scrambling for a replacement. The deadline to file to reach the ballot is tomorrow, meaning any Dem considering running for the seat must make a decision quickly.”

From here
Noon, February 16, ........."deadline for a major party primary candidate for U.S. Senateto file a petition of nomination with a county voter registration office for verification of petition signatures.".......

That's not enough time unless a democrate was already working on the signatures.

[Ol' Sparky]

it is a red state, and they’re losing Evan....this could turn the Senate seat there back to a Republican!!!

The seat SHOULD go to the Republican candidate. Bayh was only elected because his of father's reputation and because of a somewhat conservative record as governor.

[onyx]

Bwaahahahahaha.

Bayh shafted the party. WHACK!

[Girlene]

something seems off here.

I agree. This is pretty late in the game for another democrat to get the required signatures to run in a primary. I just don't get it.

[DBrow]

The worrier side of me wonders if these “retirements” are part of a plan.

[hoosiermama]

Noon, February 16, ........."deadline for a major party primary candidate for U.S. Senateto file a petition of nomination with a county voter registration office for verification of petition signatures.".......

IF there is no other candidate registered Bayh has given the seat to the REPUBLICAN!

[onyx]

I see that and the question begs, why?

[hoosiermama]

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100215/NEWS05/100215009/Evan-Bayh-will-not-seek-reelection

[onyx]

In prepared remarks, Bayh, 54, cited excessive partisanship that makes progress on public policy difficult to achieve as the motivation for his decision.

[drellberg]

Bayh was NOT retiring because of bad polls. I just don’t believe it. He was ahead of his two potential rivals by all accounts (Hotline & Rasmussen) and though not far ahead, he seemed to be in as good a shape as any Senate Dem, especially relative to the center-right tendencies of the state. If the Dems could point to any Dem seat that is RELATIVELY in their corner, this would be on most short lists.

Him quitting, and right before the filing deadline, is not the act of desparation that other posters here are depicting.

And even if he wants to quit without being a Brutus ... Even if he just wants to retire and walk away ... He is headed for that legacy. And not only because he has abandoned his party. Any move he makes toward the center, any displeasure he voices, any signs of discontent or lack of cohesion will bring on the wrath of the leftists.

He really has only this choice ... play the Brutus role or play the party elder who leads a centrist coalition.

I think and I predict that he is setting himself up as a centrist opponent to the Dems’ far-left agenda, and that he will soon visibly break ranks. I also predict that he will not be alone, since otherwise he ends up just being a Brutus.

I foresee a “centrist” coalition in the next few weeks. Mark may words, fellow Freepers. The reality here is that this is a splitting of the Democratic Party.

[Girlene]

IF there is no other candidate registered Bayh has given the seat to the REPUBLICAN!

That's why I don't get the timing of his resignation. Could he run as an independent? The Indiana deadline of Feb. 16 is for a "major party candidate for US Senate". Could he or somone else come in as a third party at any time? That doesn't make much sense, either. Just trying to figure out why he would hand this to the Repub's.

[hoosiermama]

He was unhappy with the liberal take over of the “D” party. He’s basically a conservative “D”...even though he seldom voted against the party line...SInce the majority of his war chest came from out of state “D” sources guess he thought he had to vote the way the money told him to vote.

One day ya look in the mirror (and see the Scottie Brown election) and BAM! You’ve had enough!

[nfldgirl]

Evan Bayh sees that the Obama cabal is bound and determined to take this country where even some Democrats don't want to go.

I don't bayh that for a minute! If true, then they are damn cowards for not staying on and fighting the Obama cabal.