Wow! Another Democrat Jumping Ship – Evan Bayh to Retire from Senate – Updated with Video
ByWow! This is a surprise. I thought Bayh’s seat was safe.
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, according to prepared remarks obtained by the Fix. He will make the decision formal at a press conference later today.
Bayh 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.
If Republicans play their cards right, there’s a chance they can take control of the Senate.
The Cook Political Report, one of the nation’s leading handicappers of congressional elections, now carries 10 Democratic-held seats in its most competitive categories — meaning that if Republicans sweep those race (and lose none of their own vulnerable seats), they will have a 51-seat majority. Cook, incidentally, moved Indiana from a lean Democratic seat to a lean Republican seat in the wake of the Bayh news.
Let’s hope the GOP doesn’t screw things up by running progressive RINOs.
Left Coast Rebel thinks it’s Christmas in February.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier shares the sentiment about RINOs.
The Other McCain wonders if the National Enquirer has been snooping around. Heh!
Via memeorandum
Update: Here’s video of Senator Bayh’s announcement. He took a swipe at Congress. And he’s really leaving the Dems in the lurch with the timing. I love it!
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Just think! After the next election Capitol Hill will be Kennedy-free for the first time in over 60 years, and another Dem. senator bailing out of the stinking (sinking?) ship. I agree, L.C., lets hope the GOP doesn’t come up with another one of their rinos and screw it up.
When a so called moderate with a ‘safe’ seat in the Conservative stronghold of Indiana jumps ship, can Harry Reid and others be far behind?
How sweet it is….Spin This Barry!
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