Disillusioned Bayh advocates electoral “shock” to broken system

[potter 58]

yea Mike, put the problem is that you guys think it's a mandate to just say "NO". got news for ya come nov and you gain a few seats ' it either put up or STFU and people don't want the same old BS you stupid fucks are peddling or you wouldn't have got tossed out on your ass in 06 and 08, they are pissed at all pols not just the Dems

 

[Polk]

And yet he could be counted on as a reliable straight line party voter everytime.

You talk the talk Evan, but never walked the walk.

And we talking about the same Evan Bayh? The one who voted for multi-trillion dollar Bush tax cuts, but then bitched about health care reform being too expensive?

 

[The Rabbi]

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.

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Now who would Bayh be referencing there?

Hmmmmmm....




Could have just as easily been talking about President Bush. He was a master at governing by campaigning. Unfortunately, this has become a stigma of both parties.

Bullshit.
Bush was the antithesis of campaigning. In fact, the WH had trouble getting their message out. That was one of his weaknesses.
Was it "campaigning" to go for the surge when many politicians, including the Iraq Commission, were dead set against it? No, it was an act of supreme leadership. Something sadly lacking in today's undocumented White House worker.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

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.

"Sometimes half a loaf is better than none," Bayh insisted.







Disillusioned Bayh advocates electoral “shock” to broken system - Yahoo! News

And yet he could be counted on as a reliable straight line party voter everytime.

You talk the talk Evan, but never walked the walk.

Yes....another wishy-washy lib "moderate"....but politically astute enough to see the writing on the wall....thus he escapes in the nick of time to keep his winning record intact....probably because he wants to follow in his daddy's footsteps (like he inherited his daddy's senate seat)....his father Birch Bayh ran for the Dem presidential nomination in 1976...

Maybe John Mellencamp will run for his seat....
John Mellencamp Proposed to Replace Evan Bayh in Senate Race - New York News - Runnin' Scared