Evan Bayh More Right Wing Than Some Senate GOP
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.”
Obama never pretended to be a progressive you ignoramus. You people don’t get to define him. He didn’t back down to you over FISA, why would he now over the VP? He’s interested in winning the midwest and thus the election – you’re just interested in your puritanical bullshit when there’s other constituencies to consider. So don’t be so selfish.
If by “puritanical bullshit” you mean having a President who actually upholds the Constitution of the United States of America, yes I think that’s more important than Obama’s “other constituencies”.
…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…
I think you’re beginning to get the message. Obama is no longer under the iron hand of Illinois kingmaker Emil Jones, who announce his retirement yesterday, and now that his nomination is virtually assured, he doesn’t need the progressive blogosphere anymore either.
No one can tell if Obama’s true political colors are just now coming out. At the very least, Obama is now unwilling to oppose the neocon position.
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