The DLC may have closed up shop, but we still have a pompous blowhard who inherited a Senate seat, did essentially nothing of value with it, and then followed up a bunch of high-minded guff about how
Shorter Evan Bayh: “The Dems need to ‘reconnect with the center’ by ignoring any progressive legislation and focusing on deficit reduction. The way to focus on deficit reduction is t
Peter Beinart’s reaction to Bayh’s resignation is…odd: Obama’s general-election win in Indiana, along with his victories in North Carolina and Virginia, were central to his claim t
My official, rational, considered position is that Evan Bayh’s retirement is a bad thing, given the near certainty that he will be replaced by a Republican with a much worse voting record. My em
As far as it goes, I think that Patashnik and Silver make reasonable points here. A congressman’s record has to be evaluated in context, and in said contexts Bayh’s record isn’t bad: