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What a difference a year makes.

Think back just 12 short months ago when the new popinjay Messiah was just installed into the oval office and Democrats were preparing for their one thousand year Reich. Nancy Pelosi was all-powerful in the House and Harry Reid was running the show on the Senate side. It was a dream team made in liberal heaven and after years of subjugation the Dem’s were going to show those mean old Republicans how a country is supposed to be run.

Now, skip forward one year and several trillion dollars later and look at the results of this liberal brain trust. The only graphs showing an increase are the ones detailing the national debt and unemployment. The filibuster-proof Congress has been incapable of passing any meaningful legislation other than massive spending bills like the near trillion dollar non-stimulating stimulus package and the front man in the White House of Hope and Change has been unable to fill the leadership positions of some of the most important governmental departments like the Transportation Safety Administration and the National Border Protection Agency.

And just when things were looking their bleakest for the Democrats, having just lost the most important battle to date in the defeat of the bloated and unworkable ObamaCare healthcare package, long time Democrat Senator from Indiana Evan Bayh announces his refusal to run for reelection.

And Bayh not only quit. He quit with a vengeance.

Bayh notified Barack Obama of his intent to quit and remained unwavering in his decision even after some good old fashioned arm twisting and cajoling by the president and his Chicago hit man qua Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. In a blatantly obvious snub, Bayh did not notify his Senate Leader Harry Reid prior to his public announcement. Further, in what can only be seen as intentional sabotage toward the Democrat Party, Bayh held off his announcement until just 24 hours before the deadline to submit petitions for a ballot spot. At the time of his announcement there was only one other Democrat candidate collecting signatures, a woman named Tamyra D’Ippolito, who owns a small roadside diner. D’Ippolito was just 1000 signatures short of gaining a spot on the ballot. She has since failed leaving the spot open for a Democrat Committee appointee to fill in.

Bayh made clear his reasoning behind the blockbuster announcement ending his 10 plus year run as Senator; the partisanship under the Democrat leadership of Congress makes it impossible to get anything done. “There is too much partisanship and not enough progress – too much ideology and not enough practical problem solving” he said. He went on to say that his decision should not be taken as a slam against Obama saying he believed the president’s agenda is “the right agenda for America”. Democrats were quick to portray this as tacit support for Obama. The fact is it was just another swipe at the feckless left-wing Democrat leadership currently running Congress. Bayh isn’t intent on hurting Obama, who isn’t up for reelection this November, but he certainly doesn’t intend to lend support to any of the congressional Democrats who are.

What Bayh is saying by his resignation and in his explanation is that even with the overwhelming popularity that swept Barack Obama from an obscure community activist into the seat of ultimate power, Democrats are too dysfunctional to enact policies that benefit anybody other than themselves. Trillions have been spent on pure pork projects and an entire year has been spent bribing congressional leaders to vote for an unworkable healthcare package, all to no avail. He is embarrassed to be part of it and he wants out.

While the president was quick to praise Bayh for his past service the White House’s official statement was terse and demeaning, claiming Bayh was “by nature a governor not a senator.” It is exactly that insulting elitist attitude that has Evan Bayh heading for the hills along with a passel of other long time Democrat Senators and House members.

Did Evan Bayh walk away from an assured reelection as senator for the possibility of a future run as president? Maybe so. Or maybe he believes the old adage that says “if you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas”.

Perhaps Evan Bayh just got tired of scratching.

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