Viagra guaranteed to child molesters and rapists
"Senate Democrats voted almost unanimously Wednesday night to ensure the right of rapists and child molesters to have guaranteed access to government-subsidized Viagra under the president's health care plan. Only Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana broke ranks with his Democratic colleagues."
3/25/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:11091
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"Modarate" Sen. Bayh Open To Reconciliation For Health Care Reform
"Retiring Senator Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) left open the door to supporting the use of reconciliation to pass health care legislation, though he did not address whether the parliamentary procedure should be used to pass a public option for insurance coverage."
2/19/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9616
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Bayh retires with $14 million net worth...how?
"Evan Bayh's retirement is so interesting. Look behind the headlines though. Here is a Senator who has been in elective office since he was 30 years old. Yet, his net worth is estimated to be as high as $14 million. How did that happen serving the public? His spouse was a mid-level attorney at Eli Lilly. Shortly before he was sworn into the Senate, she was elected to the boards of a bunch of public companies. A coincidence?"
2/17/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9528
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Bayh sides with finance industry on student lending
"Two days after he announced he wouldn't seek reelection,Sen. Evan Bayh is throwing a wrench in the works of a signature administration initiative, expressing reservations about the plan for the government to eliminate private-sector middlemen and make student loans directly."
2/17/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9525
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Mr. Bayh knows something about high-water political floods
"As a 24-year-old law student he helped run his father's 1980 Senate re-election and saw him go down to defeat under the Reagan landslide."
2/17/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9494
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Bayh: Congress Has Created No Jobs
"“If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.”
2/16/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9474
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Senator Bayh's Domino Effect
"The political picture for Democrats could improve between now and November -- or it could deteriorate. What if former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, who leads incumbent Senator Russ Feingold in at least some polls, decides to run? Similarly, former New York Governor George Pataki could enter the Senate race, hoping to take advantage of a divisive Democratic primary between appointed Senator Kristen Gillibrand and former Congressman Harold Ford. Finally, Democratic Senator Patty Murray could face a last-minute challenge from Dino Rossi, the well-known Republican who came within an eyelash of being sworn in as governor a few years ago."
2/16/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9465
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Evan Bayh's "Conservative" Record?
"It always irks me when people characterize someone like Evan Bayh as a "conservative" Democrat. He's nothing of the sort. Is he as liberal as Chuck Schumer or Bernie Sanders? Probably not, but on the ideological spectrum, being to the right of Schumer and Sanders does not automatically make you a fiscal conservative."
2/15/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9443
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Hardball Spins: Bayh Quitting Because There's No Room for 'Centrists'
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Since the announcement of his resignation from the Senate the common label (from CNN to MSNBC) of Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh seems to be that of a "centrist." On Monday's Hardball both Chris Matthews and his guest panelist NBC News' Chuck Todd called Bayh a "centrist," which is an inaccurate label for someone who, as NB's Matthew Balan pointed out, has a lifetime ACU rating of 20 and ADA of 70."
2/15/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9439
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CNN Insists Evan Bayh is 'No Liberal;' GOP 'Should Be Sad to See Him Go'
"On Monday's Rick's List, CNN's Rick Sanchez and Jessica Yellin both tried to portray liberal Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh as a centrist. Yellin insisted, "Republicans should be sad to see Evan Bayh go because he is one of the centrists who worked very hard to work with Republicans." Sanchez replied, "Evan Bayh is no liberal!"
2/15/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9436
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2/15/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9432
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Indiana Senate Moved to Toss-Up
"Bayh surely was the strongest candidate Indiana Democrats could have nominated – if only because of his years of proven electoral success and his $13 million campaign account – and an open seat is much more difficult for Democrats to hold in the current political environment."
2/15/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9430
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Obama hit hard as Bayh bows out
Bayh: "For some time, I have had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is too much partisanship and not enough progress -- too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving."
2/15/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9421
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Senator Bayh (D-IN) annouces retirement from Senate
"Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., a prominent Democrat who has been mentioned prominently in connection with White House sweepstakes in recent years, is ready to announce he will not seek re-election, a Democratic official said Monday. (AP)"
2/15/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9403
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HOW THE GOP WILL WIN THE SENATE
"If the Republican Party wins every senate seat in which it now holds a lead, according to Rasmussen’s polls, it will capture eight Democratic seats while holding all of its own. The two remaining pickups, to assure control, could be in Indiana where former Senator Dan Coats may run against Senator Evan Bayh and in California."
2/8/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:9103
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Sen. Bayh in danger; a look at the numbers
"This is where the Obama administration programs and the Senate health care bill, for which Evan Bayh voted, have put an attractive and well-known Democrat who has shown time and again his ability to run far ahead of his party."
1/26/2010 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:8706
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New Senate Focus: Senators Bayh, Cantwell, Klobuchar, Lincoln, & Nelson [NE] Vote for recommit
"These are the five dem Senators we need to focus on to kill this thing. Their vote indicates that they see the middle-class tax problems."
12/15/2009 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:7341
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Senate Dems weigh dropping Medicare expansion
"Senate Democrats say they may jettison a proposed Medicare expansion from health care legislation they are eager to pass before Christmas."
"Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, emerging from a closed door meeting, said Monday the move is probably necessary to pass the bill."
12/14/2009 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:7271
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Reid: "No one should use the healthcare bill to expand or restrict abortion"
"Six Democrats voted with Nelson: Sens. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Ted Kaufman (Del.) and Mark Pryor (Ark.)."
"Those Democrats are not expected to oppose the healthcare bill as a result of the amendment’s failing."
"Maine’s two Republican senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, voted against Nelson."
12/8/2009 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:7061
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Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care
"It's possible that Obama and party leaders eventually will ask Democrats such as Bayh, in the name of party loyalty, to vote to block a GOP filibuster of a health bill even if they plan to vote against the bill on final passage. The strategy might enable Democrats to muster the 60 votes needed on a crucial procedural question and then pass the bill with a simple majority."
"It's possible that centrist Democrats are holding out for favors from Obama and party leaders, such as pet projects for their states or help in their next campaign. Obama already has lavished special attention on some of them."
10/22/2009 12:00 AM
Permalink ID:5465
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