Posted by: ST on February 15, 2010 at 10:42 am
Via WaPo’s The Fix blog:
Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this year, a decision that hands Republicans a prime pickup opportunity in the middle of the country.
“After all these years, my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished, but my desire to do so by serving in Congress has waned,” Bayh will say.
Bayh will announce the decision at a press conference later today. He was first elected to the Senate in 1998 and was re-elected easily in 2004. National Republicans had recruited former Sen. Dan Coats to challenge Bayh in 2010 although polling suggested Bayh began the race with a 20-point edge. He also had $13 million in the bank at the end of the year.
The Democrats had/have already began their smear campaign of Coats, which Politico documented here last week. But Bayh’s unexpected announcement has surprised the party, and now they’ll be in the position of trying to find someone (Update: within 4 days?!) to run against Coats in the fall election, assuming he gets the GOP nod in the primary.
Stay tuned …
Wow, that’s big. The Ds huge majority is dying of self-inflicted wounds.
Maybe he’s thinking on giving a challenge to Barry in 2012.
Ok. What’d he get caught at?
What’s that saying about rats and a sinking ship??
Just because half the elected donks are giving up before the race begins doesn’t mean the Republicans will have a cakewalk.
On the contrary, if little-known rising stars come in and claim to be “outside the D.C. establishment” and then claim to be fiscally conservative but socially compassionate (read: “I’m for the little guy”), it will indeed be a fight in November.
Remember, a Democrat is a Democrat is a Democrat is a jackass, and most likely a liar, cheat and thief to boot, especially if he/she is running for public office.
Not that none of the Republicans aren’t liars, cheats and thieves, too, but there’s a greater chance the Republican is simply a “family values hypocrite” instead of a nation-sized thief, bully and general piece of crap.
The news just keeps getting better and better,hope it continues.
Wow, of course the Tea Pary Movement has NOTHING to do with any of this…nothing..zero…zilch..nada..not Virginia….nope…..not New jersey….never….Scott Brown ?…negative….Chris Dodd ? nope not there either…this tea party movement is just a bunch of teabagging racist extremist biggotted sexist homophobes…hehee yeah that’s the ticket.
Politicians are generally crooked as a rule of thumb. The best Democrat is Kucinich. The best Republican is Ron Paul.
I hope the voting public has more discrimination this time around when selecting their leadership. The tea party movement has opened a lot of peoples eyes and educated them a bit about the general direction of the current government leaders…now that truth is sinking in, growing and bearing fruit. Let’s hope that we all do our homework and don’t accept the “outsider” title at face value. Information and education are key! Make these new candidates explain themselves, their background and their values! No more blank checks a la Obama!
Let the dems run instead of having the courage to fight back. I guess that leaves governing to the people as both parties need to retire. Oh and by the way, following the “tea party” is also political suicide.
Thank God for Senator Bayh who had the courage to tell it like it is. We are losing our Democracy and both parties are corrupt and put self interest above that of our country. WAKE UP AMERICA!