The February 18 issue of The Hill has this short interview with Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, who is leaving the Senate after his term expires at the end of this year. Bayh seems to think there could be a strong independent presidential candidate in 2012.
I hope he is right, and I hope that he is not talking about himself or anyone he would support.
Senator Evan Bayh,
Mister Go Along!
I nominate General Motors Corp.
Campaign slogan: “We’ll run the country dispassionately”
Maybe Scalia will be their campaign manager?
Or how about you, Richard?
I would rather be the campaign manager for the New York Times.
Durring the midterms it’s always a good time for an independent candidate. But just wait until 2012 rolls around. This same man will be warning us of the dangers of voting for Nader. I can see it coming: “Yes, we need a new party. But not this year!” It’s also fun to watch the game of seeing how long it takes Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage to go from swearing such and such a nominee will be the death of the party to emploring us with all their might that we MUST vote for the previously vilified candidate, or else suffer the scourge which is the hated Democrat Socialist machine.
He’s a member of the failed Regime that brought this multicultural empire (both domestically and internationally)masquerading as a nation to its current miserable condition. He should just go away.
Perhaps we should just let Bayh-gones be Bayh-gones!
I don’t understand why third parties have to focus on presidential politics, anyway. If we could get third parties to get a sizeable majority – or even a significant minority – in Congress, we’d be able to force the president to do what we want.
# 8: Very profound! Very underestimated! Even winning lots of seats in state governments would get the ball rolling….
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My goodness, what a very “well-reasoned” response.
The US Supreme Court would be proud.
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