{"id":1628,"date":"2010-02-18T06:13:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T06:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2010-02-18T06:13:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T06:13:54","slug":"further_comments_on_evan_bayhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1628","title":{"rendered":"Further Comments On Evan Bayh’s Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, Carol Platt Liebau at Townhall.com<\/a> posted her perspective on the retirement of Evan Bayh.  There are a few aspects of this retirement.<\/p>\n

Ms. Liebau points out that legislative agenda of the Obama Administration had put Senator Bayh in a very awkward position–either supporting the very unpopular agenda of President Obama (and losing his reputation as a moderate Democrat) or going against President Obama, angering the Democrat base and having to deal with any ‘Chicago style’ consequences.<\/p>\n

Ms. Liebau points out:<\/p>\n

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“Sure, he’s getting out because of partisanship . . . from his own side.  And he’s doing it while he still has a viable reputation as a centrist, without either attracting the abuse that would come from the left if he resisted the Obama agenda in the Senate or jettisoning the reputation as a moderate he’s cultivated, if he were to knuckle under to the Obama\/Reid\/Pelosi crew.”
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Leaving now is probably a very wise move in terms of his political future.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, yesterday’s New York Times<\/a> reports that because no Democrat gathered enough signatures to run in a primary election in Indiana, party leaders will pick a candidate later this year.  This is exactly the kind of politics the American people are protesting–back room deals by party leaders.  Because Senator Bayh waited until the last minute to announce that he would not be running, it was almost impossible for anyone to get enough signatures to be on the ballot–thus a primary election was ruled out, allowing the party leaders to choose the candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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