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.
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 through.
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 that he was transcending the.
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.
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.
