Yesterday, I received an e-mail from Senator Evan Bayh, a man I have supported in the past and praised on this blog, through his campaign touting the accomplishments of the first 100 days of the Obama Administration. While much of the e-mail is indeed touting accomplishments that Bayh helped to make possible, the last line of the e-mail rings hollow.
“There are many miles to go. But in 100 days, President Obama has charted a bold new direction for our country that holds promise for a more prosperous future. I will continue to work with him on behalf of middle-class Hoosier families to restore the American dream,” said Bayh.
There is no mention of Senator Bayh’s defection from the Democratic caucus on the President’s budget package…a measure that passed without Bayh’s support that did, to be honest, spend a lot of money. Some of that money seeks to help President Obama and the Congress move towards health care reforms that just might benefit “middle-class Hoosier families” Bayh talks about in the e-mail.
Senator Bayh is a conservative Democrat who, at times, has found himself to the right of Indiana’s Republican Senator, Richard Lugar. Still, the language of the e-mail sounded like Bayh has moved in lock step with the President’s ambitious agenda. That’s just simply not the case. I doubt that many of the liberal Democrats that got Bayh’s e-mail actually read it without chuckling…maybe some of the conservative D’s, too.
UPDATE
I just got around to clicking the link at the bottom of the e-mail. It says that it goes to www.evanbayh.com. It takes you directly to a donation website for the Senator. This just gets funnier.
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Bayh was liberal-talking enough while he was wooing Obama for the VP slot. Now he's trying to have his cake and eat it too by pretending to support Obama's agenda while carving out his own 'conservative' niche. Obama is owning more and more of the political center through his leadership skills. I doubt Bayh has the ability to keep this niche as his own for very long. Thus, he needs to keep the appearance of support for Obama's agenda.
The first 100 days are pretty darned impressive, eh? The American people are responding to Obama's intelligent approach to solving our Country's problems. Obama is surely one of those 'right people at the right time' Presidents.
Obama has down a good job so far of maintaining his support of the moderate Democrats, Independents and even Republicans....I dont understand Bayh's always jabbing at Obama.....either he has become Danny Burton/Mike Pence type conservative or he is still annoyed that he did not get on the ticket or in the administration. Now after his tantrums, if I were Obama, I would not offer him anything. I cannot wait until I get a request for money.....I will send a response but it will not be money.
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