Buh-Bayh
Evan Bayh not runing for reelection:
Hmmmm.
UPDATE: After Senator Cosmo TruckNutz’s victory in Massaschusetts, Bayh expressed much consternation about how the Democrats’ pushing “the far left agenda” was putting the electoral prospects of DLC types like himself in jeopardy:
“The only we are able to govern successfully in this country is by liberals and progressives making common cause with independents and moderates,” Bayh said. “Whenever you have just the furthest left elements of the Dem party attempting to impose their will on the rest of the country—that’s not going to work too well.”
Of course, the idea that the lefties were ever running the show is laughable, and the performance of “moderates and independents” like Snowe, Lieberman and Nelson during the attempt to pass a watered-down, corporate-friendly health care bill amply demonstrated the limits of their utility. Still, if I were an optimist, I would interpret Bayh’s departure as a signal that the influence of useless centrists is waning. But being a pessimist, I’m guessing it’s something less dramatic, like crappy poll numbers or tawdry wetsuit photos. We’ll see.
[H/T: Mrs. Polly]
Posted by Betty Cracker on 02/15/10 at 11:58 AM • Permalink
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