Reply #9: Bayh is mine

[Proud Liberal Dem]

Basically, he is a bonafide DLCer who may as well be a Republican in most aspects. I'll still continue to vote for him because I want the Senate to remain in Democratic hands (besides, WHO ELSE am I going to vote for unless he gets challenged in the primaries) but he is way more to the right of where I am on most issues. In Indiana, however, I will say that there are, overall, very few elected or "electable" bonafide liberals/progressives with the 10th District's Julia Carson being one of the few exceptions, although she may be on her way out if her health continues to deteriorate. Amazingly, many right-wingers in my hard "red" state STILL label Bayh a "liberal" with a straight face, which I think just proves my point that, to right-wingers, ALL Democrats are tarred with the "liberal" label regardless of their actual voting records. Lugar (R) holds our second Senate seat and the Democratic party doesn't usually bother to run anybody against him but I have to admit that he is (to me) one of the few semi-respectable Republicans in Congress and have pulled the lever for him once or twice. As for the House, my district is represented by the odious Dan Burton *ugh* who, unfortunately, will keep his seat until he resigns or chooses not to run again neither of which seem likely anytime in the near future. *sigh*