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Bye Bye Bayh.

Beerina said:
And politicians wonder why nobody trusts them. So many words to say, "My party's takin' it on the chin this coming election, and I don't wanna be bothered playing a defensive game, much less risk being stuck on the minority side of the aisle."
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It's one hell of a long run before November, and there's no guarantee that the Democrats will take it on the chin. The Republicans aren't offering an alternative, and Anthem/Blue Cross has just announced an obscene rate hike at a time when most families are struggling just to keep sheltered and fed. If anything, you'll see a loss of incumbents, but probably not a change in the balance of power.

The one thing that might be a benefit out of this is seeing Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid losing their leadership roles. Reid is dishonest, and Pelosi is hateful and rude, (as well as dishonest.) I can't help but think that there are better Democrats to lead the House and Senate.

As to Bayh, I don't see this as a real loss to anyone. If he's genuinely gutless, the country is better off seeing him on the golf greens around Palm Springs, rather than taking needed space in the Senate. See ya!
 
Nice try, Bayh...

In an interview on MSNBC this morning, newly retiring Sen. Evan Bayh declared the American political system "dysfunctional," riddled with "brain-dead partisanship" and permanent campaigning. Flatly denying any possibility that he'd seek the presidency or any other higher office, Bayh argued that the American people needed to deliver a "shock" to Congress by voting incumbents out in mass and replacing them with people interested in reforming the process and governing for the good of the people, rather than deep-pocketed special-interest groups.

Bayh's announcement stunned the American political world, as up until just last week he looked to be well on his way to an easy reelection for a third term in the Senate, and his senior staff was aggressively pursuing that goal.

But Bayh had apparently become increasingly frustrated in the Senate. In this morning's interview he noted that just two weeks ago, Republicans who had co-sponsored a bill with him to rein in the deficit turned around and voted against it for purely political reasons. He also stated repeatedly that members of his own party should be more willing to settle for a compromise rather than holding out for perfection.
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fess said:
Did anybody notice that he didn’t inform Reid of his decision?:)
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On the other hand, he resigned the day before the deadline for candidates to file and a new prospect already had all the paperwork in the various counties ready for filing . . . He damn well had told *someone* in the Democratic Party well enough in advance to have all that set up before hand.
 
NoZed Avenger said:
On the other hand, he resigned the day before the deadline for candidates to file and a new prospect already had all the paperwork in the various counties ready for filing . . . He damn well had told *someone* in the Democratic Party well enough in advance to have all that set up before hand.
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Further evidence of Bayh's lack of integrity, even towards his own voters and his own party. The nation is better off without him.
 
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