Pictured: Evan Bayh in his element.
Here’s Steve Benen on Bayh’s weak ass excuse for quitting.
To hear Evan Bayh tell it, Republicans have made it impossible for Congress to work on issues important to him … so he’s decided to make it easier for the Republican caucus to have more power.
When the going gets tough, the conserva-Dems pack up and go home?
Pretty much. Except they “pack up and go home” while blaming both “left and right” and in a manner that screws the Democratic Party.
Why are people surprised? Let’s not forget who this guy is.
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), who is now being mentioned as a strong candidate for Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate, co-sponsored the 2003 resolution authorizing the Iraq war.
Bayh not only voted for the war and embraced its neo-conservative rationale by chairing the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, as a New York Times profile noted this week. He went further, taking the single most aggressive, pro-war position possible. The few Democratic co-sponsors of the White House Iraq resolution provide context for the kind of senators who shared Bayh’s position at the time — they include Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn), Zell Miller (Ga.) and John Breaux (La.).
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
