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Home Front: Politix
Bayh says new Sen. Brown may be 'cure'
2010-02-23
Retiring Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana said Monday that electing more lawmakers like new Republican Sen. Scott Brown may be the "ultimate cure" for partisan gridlock in Washington.

Brown's upset victory over a Democrat who held a double-digit lead a week before Massachusetts' special Senate election last month signaled that voters wanted "more practical problem solving," Bayh said in an interview Monday on ABC-TV's "The View.

"Scott Brown is a good example of what I think the ultimate cure might be," Bayh said. "My read on what happened in Massachusetts is the vast majority of moderates and independents rose up and said enough already."

Bayh, who has clashed regularly with more liberal members of his party, announced last week that he had decided against seeking re-election after two terms in the Senate. He said he was tired of partisan wrangling in Washington.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Oh, yeah. Bayh's definitely placing himself for a 2012 challenge. He's going for the Tea Partiers with that one. It won't work, they aren't a significant plurality of the usual Democratic primary electorate.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-02-23 15:11  

#1  we like grid look and even encourage congress to get into matters pertaining to the use of steroid in sport and the BSC...keep them away from creating any new laws that are contrary to the Constitution. I also want to know why grandmas are no longer knitting, if men fantasize when they see naked women and why birds fly south for the winter.
Posted by: HammerHead   2010-02-23 08:46  

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