Democratic Senator Evan Bayh is retiring from the Senate, and there's a very good chance that his seat will be filled by a Republican. He joins a veritable parade of Democratic incumbents who are retiring from both the House and the Senate. While some have motives unrelated to politics, certainly many of these retirements are motivated by dim prospects in the upcoming elections. Bayh, for instance, faced a very tough battle this November against Republican Dan Coats in a Republican-leaning state, in the year of Scott Brown. It seems doubtful that the Democrats will find a candidate who can successfully oppose the very popular and widely recognized Coats.
Even though I've lived through such things before, I'm still somewhat stunned by the rapid turnaround in the fortunes of the Democrats in general and the Obama administration in particular. At this point, I'd say Obama is going to be lucky to be perceived as well as Jimmy Carter...
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