Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and US President Barack Obama, seen here in 2008. Obama suffered a major political upset Monday as a fifth Democratic senator, centrist heavyweight Evan Bayh, decided not to run for re-election to a third term in November. (AFP/File/Saul Loeb)
Keep talking BO/BS!
Like a fastball to the groin.
You did America a favor, Mr. Bayh
Centrist heavyweight ????
does it seem odd to anyone else that so many dems are dropping out...??...maybe they have something up their sleeves...then again maybe they really do see the writing on the wall....
My hemorrhoids bleed for Bayh.
U.S. Senate Races To Watch In 2010
http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/u-s-senate-races-to-watch-in-2010-23863.html
“Here are the top 13 Senate races that Republicans have a strong chance to win in 2010”
Indiana was listed here, before Bayh’s announcement, and now Republicans’ chances improved dramatically.
According to the ACU, Sen Bayh ranks as the 29th most liberal Senator with a lifetime 20.70 rating. That makes him 'centrist' among Democrats. But, who's surprised AFP thinks the world extends only so far as the Democratic Party?
Maybe he is smarter than he looks. Might be getting out while the getting is good so he isn’t tied to the one.
Like hell he was. Whoever the republican nominee was was going to defeat him.
Hey Evan, don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!
Under the bus?
It’s all about Obama!
He’s going to run for president.
But it IS being done. The time for compromise is long past. There is no middle ground. The "people's business" is now the stuff of division and divorce.
Because of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi the country is fracturing down the middle. The only question is whether the divorce will be violent or peaceful. Self-styled middle-of-the-roaders such as Bayh have no place in the "people's business." He is smart to get out.
“excessive partinship” on the left side of the aisle.
Now, now...he could mean that he was upset that the democrats treated the Republicans so badly.
Things are looking up, Freepers.
"For some time..." I'd say it's been since Nov. 5, 2000, when Al Gore told George Bush not to get "snippy" about his rescinding of his conceding the election of 2000.
-PJ
Indy Ping
Are you in the game?
Disturbed by the partisanship in Washington? The DIMs have owned both a majority, and for the last year, a super-majority in the congress since 2006. Partisanship aside, the DIMs have only themselves to blame for not passing legislation, the Repubs have been castrated for years.
Another article made a good point. The DIMs have been blatently spending billions and billions of taxpayer dollars, pushing through 'stimulus' and partisan projects for the last year that have only served to make the economy worse. Faced with an almost lynch-mob-like backlash from the voters, the RATs are abandoning ship in droves in an attempt to hold to some shred of their political careers.