Posted on 02/15/2010 1:05:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) US President Barack Obama suffered another setback Monday as a fifth Democratic senator, centrist heavyweight Evan Bayh, decided not to run for re-election in dismay at the bitter political climate.
Obama, who reportedly tried to talk Bayh out of retiring, faces a looming Republican resurgence and risks watching strong majorities in Congress crumble in November mid-term elections, and with them his ambitious reform agenda.
With his tearful wife and two sons at his side, Bayh, 54, expressed disenchantment with excessive partisanship in the Congress as he announced his decision at a press conference in the state capital Indianapolis.
"For some time, I have had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is too much partisanship and not enough progress -- too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving," he said.
"Even at a time of enormous challenge, the peoples? business is not being done."
Democrats expressed shock at the development, seeing it both as the loss of a key consensus builder in the Senate and of a candidate strongly favored to win re-election in Republican-leaning Indiana.
A top White House official said Bayh, who called Obama on Monday morning, was "by nature a governor not a senator."
The New York Times reported that both Obama and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel tried to convince Bayh to run again, but to no avail.
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Very good point. Thanks.
That is the problem. These people always try to reinvent themselves, and usually, they are successful. The key to defeating them is a long memory.
I can allow for a mistake or two. But 12 years of mistakes --- sorry. That is a mindset, not a mind fart. ;~))
I'd say it was from a guy who understands exactly that the MSM will not turn his inane comments into a major blow-up.
The Rats know they have a much wider broadband with the networks and major media than do conservatives. If a Palin writes notes on her hand, it's a scandal. But if Biden, who practiced law for a few months accuses a 30 year military vet and senior JAG officer that he does not understand the USCMJ -- well, that's no big deal according to the NBCABCSeeBC division of the DNC.
The double standard is what they rely on, and I see no sign of that ending anytime soon.
Chuckle. Yeah, you are right. BO keeps swinging and missing.
And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm
“Centrist heavyweight ????”
You know, like John McLame.
Yup, I was sleeping. Every time I do, all hell seems to break loose.
...and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel tried to convince Bayh to run again
Yeah, I’m sure that went well... LOL!
“Evan, you’re an f-ing retard if you don’t want to run again!”
+++++++++++++++
How to Win Friends and Influence People..
LOLOL!
I agree. It would be hard to run for President fresh on the heels of a political defeat. He is getting out to lay low for a 2012 run.
As long as Communists remain in power, trying to destroy our country, we had better be partisan as never before. The retiring Rats offer a glimmer of hope that our defense of Liberty may succeed. Remember the Alamo!
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