Non-liberal, non-progressive Indiana democrat Senator Evan Bayh shocks the political world by announcing today that he will not seek re-election. This was surprising because he's at least one dem federal lawmaker who likely would not have lost re-election in 2010. I haven't blogged about Bayh before, but I've observed him here and there. During the tumultuous last year, when DC dems, controlled by their leftist progressive extreme, have tried (often successfully) to ram-rod huge pieces of big-spending, big government legislation right down our throats, I multiple times noticed Bayh being fairly critical of the same. He strikes me as fiscally much more responsible than the so-called leftist "base" of his current party, while at the same time not buying in to all of the far-right social and religious conservatism constantly spouted by the right-wing controlled repub party. Put another way, he would appear to make an excellent Independent. And given his widespread popularity in the Hoosier state, might today's announcement be a sign of future (and perhaps Independent) political runnings? Food for thought. And I'd certainly be open to it.
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