Who Give a Rat's Ass about Bayh Leaving?

[placton]

Evan Bayh was one of the true assholes of the Dem Caucus in the US Senate. His wife made millions as a corporate lackey, and the longer she did, the more he moved to the right. His politics were GOP to the max, and he was one of those members of the "corporate party" whose designation meant nothing. The Dems did nothing with a 60 vote majority which included this child of privilege, whom nepotism put in the US Senate. The more of these types who leave the congress, the more likely it is that real progressives just may be the ones left.

[arthritisR_US]

1. my thoughts exactly! n/t

[girl_interrupted]

6. placton sad but true, they did nothing with the 60 seat majority anyway

I think it might have been "nicer" if Bayh had announced he was leaving sooner, to allow more time for other candidates to get into the mix. But that's about it. Probably won't make much of a difference anyway.

[arthritisR_US]

21. I'm hoping that the person they pick isn't such a corporate whore and has a spine. n/t

[walldude]

2. His depature is cause for celebration...

Yet it is portrayed as a blow to Democrats. Typical.

[uppityperson]

3. But it is something to obsess over and OMG DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE DID LAST WEEK?!?!?!?!?

[Myrina]

9. Indeed

:applause:

[Fridays Child]

4. I've never been impressed with him beyond his eye candy factor.

[placton]

7. speaking of eye candy

what a lovely pic that is - it is you, FC?

[Fridays Child]

12. You are kind!

Yes, it's me. :)

[T Wolf]

5. Sometimes (always, actually) it is necessary to break a few eggs in order to make an omelet.

Politically, we will NEVER be able to advance a liberal agenda as long as the party is infested with these cretins who are more repuke than Ike ever was.

That filibuster-proof magic 60 didn't work out exactly, did it? And the Dems will not have that large a "numeric" advantage again.

So, how about trying to actually govern with a real Democratic majority somewhere in the low 50s? They cannot do any worse than they have this last year.

And if the pukes take over again, they will fuck up things so much that real Democrats would have a chance to achieve that real majority that they have not had for quite a while.

[placton]

8. it is my hope that this year and '12

may send a message to the "geniuses" who manage the party of FDR that they need VOTES and workers as much as they need corpo-cash. At least no national money will go to Evan, tho those bad folks who spent so much on Blew Dogs won't be getting my paltry shillings anyhoo.

[placton]

11. now let's watch Evan head for the big bux

like his spouse

[elocs]

10. Check out Bayh's voting record (warning: this requires reading and thinking):

http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Evan_Bayh.htm

There's lots and lots of votes here on nearly every issue. Check out the result based on his votes at the very bottom (I'm sure nobody will agree with it though):



Evan Bayh is a Populist-Leaning Liberal.

[placton]

13. I think you might be better off tracking those votes

-whenever he voted "left" it was when his vote mattered not
-he has drifted far to the right over time

[JDPriestly]

15. I expect he is pulling a Sarah Palin -- quitting because he hopes

to run for president on the slogan,"I am a centrist." His campaign theme will, of course, be lyrics based on the old Beatles classic, "I am a walrus." He has had presidential aspirations for a long, long time. And now that corporations can involve themselves in individual campaigns without limit, he will be able to outspend any competitor.

Bayh is not one to be scoffed at. He could draw centrist Democrats and lots of the old-school centrist Republicans who don't know what to think about the takeover of their party by the religious right -- the Palins, etc. Bayh would have the support of the kinds of wealthy and upper middle class people who used to support the Rockefeller crowd, the "moderate Republicans," as they called themselves.

These are the top and middle managers of a lot of businesses including some of the biggest businesses in the U.S.

Watch out. I suspect that Bayh knows exactly what he is doing and where he is going. And it means more of the same muddlin' in the middle.

[T Wolf]

20. The same bullshit was pushed to pretend that Spectre was not as bad as most know him to be.

Like Bayh, he cast safe votes with the Dems when it would not imperil the passage of some repuke POS. But when it came down to close, important issues, he (and Bayh) were there to vote the puke/corporate way.

And Bayh's actions this past year have been enough to disqualify him from that "populist-leaning liberal" label, if it ever was to any minor degree accurate.

[FBaggins]

14. Maybe those who prefer 65% Democrat to 0% ?

Which should be just about everyone.

The more of these types who leave the congress, the more likely it is that real progressives just may be the ones left.

Yes... all 30-35 of them (if that). I'm sure they can hold a purity pity party when they can't even maintain a filibuster against another Scalia/Thomas.

And no doubt many on DU will feel betrayed without realizing that the glass they are peering through is actually a mirror.

[Kurovski]

16. I can't wait to see what "contributions to society" he'll be making.

Perhaps an orphanage? Community center? Corporate, for-profit health insurance company consultant? Oh which shall it be?

Hmmm...

[invictus]

17. Fuck Bayh. eom

[ehrnst]

18. Word is that Brad Ellsworth, 8th District Congressman will run

Which is truly worse...

[FBaggins]

19. I don't know about "worse"...

...but it likely means we lose Bayh's seat AND Ellsworth's seat in the 8th.

[Blue Owl]

22. Flush him

like the useless turd he is.

Good day, Mr. Bayh.

I said GOOD DAY.

[igfoth]

23. F em, I am glad he is gone

Now if we can only get rid of the rest of the DINO's and Blue Dogs and replace them with REAL liberals and Progressives.

[Johonny]

24. There is nothing wrong with conservative Dems

so long as they support the party on it's core legislative initiatives during process. To not do that is to be useless to the party and not worth the time to support.