Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh’s “Regrets,” Redux
Um, About That Medical Device Tax...
A Tale Of Two Indiana Centrists
Pity Dick Lugar. Not only was he resoundingly rejected by Republican voters in the state he had served for decades, but he has not received anything close to the kind of valedictory from the Washington establishment that one might have expected for one of his reputation. READ MORE >>
Sell-Outs
Other Peoples' Blogfights
The fact that the Washington Post determined to hire a conservative blogger and wound up hiring Jennifer Rubin is either an indictment of the Post, the conservative movement, or possibly both. The other day, Rubin set out after Ezra Klein, also of the Post. READ MORE >>
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-- A dispatch from a TNR contributor in Tokyo. -- Lobbyist and now Fox News pundit Evan Bayh may still have enough time free in his schedule to work in a side gig as baby seal clubber. READ MORE >>
Bayh Low, Sell High
Andrew Gelman rises, somewhat, to the defense of Evan Bayh: [T]hink of this from Bayh's point of view. After being one of 100 U.S. senators (and near the median, at that), it's natural to want to stay near the action and have some effect on policy. Lobbying is a natural way to do this. From this perspective, it's a direct extension of what he's been doing before. And if it pays well, so be it. READ MORE >>
Shocker: Evan Bayh To K Street
Evan Bayh announced last year that he would not be seeking reelection, and gave a pious speech deploring partisanship. "If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months," he announced. READ MORE >>
Was It Worth It? Cont'd
Did President Obama and the Democrats do too much? Was health care reform, in particular, a mistake? Lots of people are making that argument right now. Among them is Evan Bayh, the retiring Democratic senator from Indiana, who in a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday concluded that "Democrats over-interpreted our mandate." READ MORE >>
