As Coakley crash-and-burn's, Senator Bayh opens fire on progressives

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Even before the votes are counted, Senator Evan Bayh is warning fellow Democrats that ignoring the lessons of the Massachusetts Senate race will “lead to even further catastrophe” for their party.

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For Senator Bayh the lesson is that the party pushed an agenda that is too far to the left, alienating moderate and independent voters.

“It’s why moderates and independents even in a state as Democratic as Massachusetts just aren’t buying our message,” he said. “They just don’t believe the answers we are currently proposing are solving their problems. That’s something that has to be corrected.”

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“ The only way we are able to govern successfully in this country is by liberals and progressives making common cause with independents and moderates,” Bayh said. “Whenever you have just the furthest left elements of the Dem party attempting to impose their will on the rest of the country -- that’s not going to work too well.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/01/b...ce-lessons.html

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For Senator Bayh the lesson is that the party pushed an agenda that is too far to the left, alienating moderate and independent voters.

“It’s why moderates and independents even in a state as Democratic as Massachusetts just aren’t buying our message,” he said. “They just don’t believe the answers we are currently proposing are solving their problems. That’s something that has to be corrected.”

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“ The only way we are able to govern successfully in this country is by liberals and progressives making common cause with independents and moderates,” Bayh said. “Whenever you have just the furthest left elements of the Dem party attempting to impose their will on the rest of the country -- that’s not going to work too well.”

Bayh's right but it remains to seen what it will take for the far leftwing of the Democratic party to shift back to the center. The mid-term elections this year should be more interesting than usual.

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Bayh's right but it remains to seen what it will take for the far leftwing of the Democratic party to shift back to the center. The mid-term elections this year should be more interesting than usual.

It's too late to change the balance of power now. It'll be a bloodbath. If we got creamed in Mass, the rest of the country is a no-brainer.

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Brown is declared the winner.

It's time for Obama to "reinvent" himself.

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It's too late to change the balance of power now. It'll be a bloodbath. If we got creamed in Mass, the rest of the country is a no-brainer.

how's that hope and change working out for you?

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Brown is declared the winner.

It's time for Obama to "reinvent" himself.

Maybe he can re-invent as French (he's got plenty of experience as surrender-monkey)

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Like most politicians, what a suck @ss phoney. How did he vote on the health care bill in the Senate?

Now that his job might be on the line, we Dems need to change our ways. Should have voted against the bill to have any creditability.

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Coakley croaked?