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RUSH: So Snerdley comes in here and breathlessly says to me, ‘Boy, it must be worse than we knew.\u2019 I said, ‘What are you talking about?\u2019 ‘Evan Bayh.\u2019 I said, ‘Ah, maybe. I mean, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s pretty bad out there but don\u2019t forget this guy wants to run for president.\u2019 And maybe in 2012 if things don\u2019t improve for the Bamster… and this guy, if he has any hopes, has gotta get out of the Senate. He is a straight down-the-line vote for every Obama idea so far and he doesn\u2019t have a prayer of being elected to anything if that\u2019s the case. So I think it\u2019s a prelude to a potential presidential run as well, I\u2019m sure, the internal polling for the Democrats is bad all over the country, particularly in a state like Indiana, but I think he\u2019s also gotta get himself out of the circumstance where he\u2019s just seen as an Obama puppet or robot. He\u2019s gotta distance himself somehow from Obama \u2019cause that\u2019s where the negatives are and that\u2019s what the dirty little secret is out there. So that\u2019s it. But here\u2019s the thing. He\u2019s the fifth Democrat to retire this year, and in this case they got four days to find a replacement for him in Indiana and Peyton Manning is not interested. I don\u2019t even know if Peyton is a Democrat. I really have no clue. I\u2019ve talked to him on the golf course a couple times but I have no clue. So, anyway, it will be interesting to watch this. <\/p>\n

It says here — this is the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza — that Bayh\u2019s retirement is a blow for Senate Democrats. ‘Bayh\u2019s universal name recognition and popularity — not to mention his massive campaign warchest — made him a favorite in the fall despite the Republican tilt of the state and the increased focus of national GOP strategists on the contest. Without Bayh, Democrats may look to their congressional delegation where Reps. Baron Hill, Brad Ellsworth and Joe Donnelly are likely to take a look at running.\u2019 Now, it\u2019s not clear whether the Republican field is going to grow. Dan Coats is in there. Mike Pence considered it, but he backed out because he wants to stay and take over the Republican leadership of the House and steer that — a move, by the way, I think is great. <\/p>\n

As I say, Bayh, the fifth Democrat Senator not seeking reelection. He joins Chris ‘special favors on mortgages and the subprime mortgage architect disaster\u2019 Dodd, Byron ‘Helmet Head\u2019 Dorgan of North Dakota, which was a stunner, shocked everybody, Ted Kaufman from Delaware — have you ever heard of Ted Kaufman? Most people probably haven\u2019t. Biden\u2019s replacement. And, by the way, Beau Biden said he doesn\u2019t want the gig, either, and Roland Burris, who nobody wanted in the Senate, from Illinois, is on the sidelines. ‘Six Republicans are not running again: Sens. Kit Bond (Mo.), George LeMieux (Fla.), Judd Gregg (NH), George Voinovich (Ohio), Sam Brownback (Kans.) and Jim Bunning (Ky.)\u2019 It\u2019s still looking better for our side. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Yeah, he\u2019s running for president. He\u2019s running for president. Evan Bayh, the son of Birch Bayh, says he\u2019s leaving the Senate because of ‘excessive partisan gridlock.\u2019 Excessive partisan gridlock? For all of last year, his party had 60 seats in the Senate. They still have 59. I mean, he\u2019s bailing out of this even before the summit. I mean, you\u2019re gonna get some bipartisan there, Evan, at the Obama presidential health care summit on February 25th. You\u2019re bailing out before that.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: This is a funny story, this is Politico.com. Democrats are shocked at the reasoning Evan Bayh is giving for retiring. Peter Fenn, Democrat media consultant: ‘I am shocked, shocked … usually this is said in sarcasm — from the line in the movie Casablanca to most Washington events that really cease to shock. But this one comes as a very big surprise and should engender more than the typical political horse race analysis. If what Evan is saying about the political environment in Washington is truly the reason for his departure, and I believe it is, that should mean something to people on both sides of the aisle. This is not the same Senate that his father served in for 18 years, this is not the same public service career that Evan signed up for at age 30. Partisan gridlock, vitriol dripping from nearly every press release, 60 votes accepted to rename a post office in the US Senate, serious problems swept under the rug because Congress can not function — this is not a blip, this is a sad commentary on our politics. … But why did these folks run for office in the first place? Hopefully, not simply to get reelected again –‘ Yes, Peter, that would be the reason, that and power and money under the table. Partisan gridlock. Thank God for it. If that\u2019s the real reason he\u2019s quitting, how the hell can you have partisan gridlock when your party has 60 freaking seats? <\/p>\n

How can you have partisan gridlock when you have a super majority in the Senate and a clear-cut majority in the House, how can there be partisan gridlock? What did you say about the truth, Snerdley? Well, apparently he can\u2019t tell the truth, partisan gridlock? If there\u2019s partisan gridlock it\u2019s partisan Democrats who can\u2019t get along with each other from the House to the Senate. What the hell here? Partisan gridlock, and now Peter Fenn (crying) it\u2019s so bad, it\u2019s true, it\u2019s true, 60 votes to rename a post office. Thank God. Jeez. Can you imagine being in a room full of Joe Bidens? That\u2019s what it is. Who would want that? <\/p>\n

Quick phone call here, this is Vance in Francisco, Indiana. Great to have you on the EIB Network.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Good afternoon, Rush, from southwest Indiana.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Home state of Indiana slut Evan Bayh.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes.<\/p>\n

CALLER: The beginning of the end, Rush, for Evan Bayh was when he earned the nickname Indiana slut for voting for Obama\u2019s health care.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s what he\u2019s known as, Indiana slut?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you know, we got Ben Nelson of Nebraska, he\u2019s a prostitute, Mary Landrieu prostituted her vote out down in Louisiana, Evan Bayh got nothing, he went with Obama, he went with health care, so you can\u2019t call him a prostitute, he has to be a slut.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Gotcha.<\/p>\n

CALLER: He got nothing for his vote.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing.)<\/p>\n

CALLER: That was the beginning of the end of Evan Bayh.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Except a ticket outta town. (laughing) He got a ticket outta town. Okay. So you got prostitutes in Nebraska, prostitutes in Louisiana, but a slut in Indiana.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Indiana slut in Indiana, yeah, that\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you know what the male word for a male slut is?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You don\u2019t?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you know what it is, Dawn? Libertine will work but no, it\u2019s satyr. S-a-t-y-r. Look it up. I\u2019m the host, look it up. S-a-t-y-r. I think that\u2019s how you spell it. Libertine will work as well, raconteur, not quite there. I still think your reason is funny. Prostitutes get something, sluts don\u2019t. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: From Politico.com: More Democrats weigh in on the ‘centrist\u2019 Evan Bayh. This guy is as far to the left as Obama is! He\u2019s voted right down the line with Obama on every Obama issue. Diane Ravitch (sniffs), professor of education, NYU and Brookings. ‘Evan Bayh\u2019s retirement is not a good sign for the future of bipartisanship. He is a centrist, and it seems that the center is not holding.\u2019 These people cannot possibly believe this. ‘If senators such as Bayh leave or lose, the rancor in Washington will get louder and meaner. Not good for the country, and not good for President Obama\u2019s agenda.\u2019 Damn right, Diane! There ought to be rancor over this agenda. It\u2019s un-American. There, I\u2019ve said it: The Obama agenda is un-American. Not as we\u2019ve known America. They\u2019re trying to remake it. He\u2019s even said so! Is redistribution of wealth American? Is that what this country was founded on? <\/p>\n

Mike McCurry, former White House press secretary: ‘Evan Bayh [Hic!] is part of the glue [Hic!]that holds an [Hic!] increasingly polarized place like the [Hic! Hic!] US Senate together.\u2019 What? ‘Evan Bayh is part of the glue that holds an increasingly polarized place like…\u2019 (laughing) They had 60 votes, Mike! What is this? The Democrats can\u2019t hold together, and it\u2019s because of Obama. ‘Centrism is not much in fashion these days but the lack of it is wrecking our country.\u2019 No, it\u2019s saving it. The lack of ‘centrism\u2019 is saving our country.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Evan Bayh, who\u2019s getting out of Dodge with $13 million in his campaign cash fund, this is at his press conference this afternoon explaining why it is (or what it is) that\u2019s driven him out of town with his $13 million campaign war chest in tow.<\/p>\n

BAYH: After all of these years, my passion for service to our fellow citizens is undiminished —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

BAYH: — but my desire to do so —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Mmm-hmm?<\/p>\n

BAYH: — by deserving in Congress —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Mmm-hmm?<\/p>\n

BAYH: — has waned.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Mmmmm-humph!<\/p>\n

BAYH: For some time I\u2019ve had a growing conviction — <\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, yeah.<\/p>\n

BAYH: — that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

BAYH: Too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem solving. Even in a time of enormous national challenge, the people\u2019s business is not getting done.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, this is what we heard he was going to say — and now he\u2019s gone out there and said it, proving once again that the guy is a dim bulb. They had 60 votes in his party in the Senate! That is a supermajority. How in the world do you have partisan gridlock when the other party can\u2019t stop diddly-squat? And what is this business about ‘the people\u2019s business\u2019 isn\u2019t getting done? Thank God! The people\u2019s business as designed by Obama and the Democrats ought not get done, and it isn\u2019t getting done — not because of partisan bickering. It isn\u2019t getting done because the people of this country do not want it, Senator Bayh! They don\u2019t want Obamacare, they don\u2019t want cap and tax, they don\u2019t want cap and trade. They don\u2019t want any of this, and that\u2019s why it isn\u2019t happening. It\u2019s not because of gridlock. These people try my patience, Snerdley. They really do, and it\u2019s a challenge not to erupt in pure profanity when I hear this. You know, I\u2019m in a great mood here today. I\u2019m in a great mood most every day, but it\u2019s getting increasingly difficult, folks, to hang around and be subjected to idiots. I\u2019m talking about suffering fools. I don\u2019t do it well. I don\u2019t have a whole lot of patience for it. That\u2019s why I could never be a diplomat. I could never tell somebody who\u2019s lost their mind that they have holes in their head instead. That\u2019s a great definition of diplomacy: Somebody that\u2019s lost their mind or has holes in their head, you don\u2019t say that. You say, ‘You have a very open mind, a lot of holes in it.\u2019 I could never do that. You\u2019re an idiot! You\u2019re an absolute idiot! I\u2019m not specifically referring to Senator Bayh here. I\u2019m just talking about suffering fools in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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