Evan Bayh statement

[CARLHAYDEN]

The key statement from Sen. Evan Bayh in the Los Angeles Times article:

"Whenever you have just the furthest left elements of the Dem party attempting to impose their will on the rest of the country -- that’s not going to work too well.”

Yeah, and Evan, water is wet and fire is hot.

[CARLHAYDEN]

Yeah, it's nuts. The far left of the Dem party had one #1 issue... the public option.

The public option is more popular than Obama, health care, or any Dem out there right now.

Between the tax on the wealthy and the 'cadillac tax', the tax on the wealthy, the liberal option, was more popular by a 2-to-1 margin.

So who do these 'centrists' really work for? I am all for centrism. But this is not real centrism, this is phony centrism. This is insularity disguised as centrism.

To take an example. Where do the bank bailouts fall on the political spectrum? Hated by the Right. Hated by the Left. Hated by the Center.

What matters isn't centrism, it's Populism! The left is populist, the right is populist, and the center is populist. Populism is the new centrism. Populism, populism, populism.

Thank you for bringing up the bailouts for the financial institutions.

I'm a little busy right now, but will try to spend some time this weekend comparing both ACU and ADA ratings of both Senate and House members to see if there is any correlation between those ratings and the votes on the bailouts.

[CARLHAYDEN]

Yeah, it's nuts. The far left of the Dem party had one #1 issue... the public option.

The public option is more popular than Obama, health care, or any Dem out there right now.

Between the tax on the wealthy and the 'cadillac tax', the tax on the wealthy, the liberal option, was more popular by a 2-to-1 margin.

So who do these 'centrists' really work for? I am all for centrism. But this is not real centrism, this is phony centrism. This is insularity disguised as centrism.

To take an example. Where do the bank bailouts fall on the political spectrum? Hated by the Right. Hated by the Left. Hated by the Center.

What matters isn't centrism, it's Populism! The left is populist, the right is populist, and the center is populist. Populism is the new centrism. Populism, populism, populism.

Thank you for bringing up the bailouts for the financial institutions.

I'm a little busy right now, but will try to spend some time this weekend comparing both ACU and ADA ratings of both Senate and House members to see if there is any correlation between those ratings and the votes on the bailouts.

In the meantime, here's the House vote by party (which should give you a hint):

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 681
(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)

      H R 1424      YEA-AND-NAY      3-Oct-2008      1:22 PM
      QUESTION:  On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments
      BILL TITLE: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

                          Yeas Nays 

Democratic          172   63     
Republican            91 108     
TOTALS               263 171