Expect a surge of outrage among Democratic voters if Barack Obama picks Senator Evan Bayh to be his vice presidential running mate, as many insiders are now predicting will happen. The reason is simple: Evan Bayh has more of a right wing record in the Senate than many Republican politicians.

I’m not just making that up out of thin air. According to the the Progresssive Patriots Right Wing Index for the US Senate, there are five Republican senators who have a less rightist voting record over the year and a half than Evan Bayh.

On the Senate progressive legislative scorecard, Evan Bayh is not ranked as a progressive. Senator Bayh is not in the “moderately progressive” or even in the “only kinda progressive” category. Bayh has earned a ranking in the solidly “not progressive” category”.

Evan Bayh’s right wing legislative score is 50 percent. Evan Bayh’s progressive legislative score is only 19 percent.

If Barack Obama selects Evan Bayh as his Vice President, he might as well select a Republican. The placement of Evan Bayh on the 2008 White House ticket will be a certain sign that Barack Obama has no respect for the progressive Democratics across America who worked to give Obama the Democratic nomination, and will place the Obama campaign’s once-certain victory in even deeper jeopardy than it has entered since Obama started supporting George W. Bush’s agenda of oil drilling, big brother spying, and faith based initiatives.

That’s what has led anti-spying activists to say of Evan Bayh, “The selection of Evan Bayh by Barack Obama as his running mate would reiterate Barack Obama’s turn to the autocratic side of politics.”