So, he'll be announcing his bid for the Republican nomination any day now, right?

Evidently, the big-time lobbying gigs at McGuireWoods and Apollo Global Management, picked up after he oozed through the revolving door a few months ago, aren't generating enough cash to keep him in the comfort that is the birthright of all true Republicans. Hence, one supposes, this HuffPo headline, via @pourmecoffee:

Fox News Signs Former Senator Evan Bayh As A Contributor

Evan Bayh is the Joe Lieberman of all Zell Millers.

Thanks, Liberal Media!

Over on Fred Hiatt's WaPoo op-ed page, they take a quick break from global warming denialism, Krauthammer warporn, and whatever you call that stuff Richard Cohen dribbles out to run a piece by two "Democrats" insisting that if Obama were to pledge right now to be a one-term preznit, "it would grant him much greater leverage with Republicans" and besides, this is "The only way" he can "lead."

Really, the only thing to do in a situation like this is to refer you to Tintin.

Who knew it was possible that anyone could write a worse op-ed than Evan Bayh? (Anyone not admitting to being a Republican, I mean.)

Of course, I say that, and I've probably just guaranteed that Joe Lieberman will be up tomorrow.

Same Shit, Different Sunday

Atrios tweets ...

anyoen know why president harold ford is going to be on my teevee tomorrow? or tom delay? or evan bayh?

... the irritation evidently causing an outbreak of dyslexia. I know the feeling.

Steve Benen has a more comprehensive rant which helped me at least feel a little less alone in despairing about the state of our media.

No Suede

As we had hoped, Our Man In Indiana has come not to praise Evan Bayh, but to bury him.

Bayh Bayh

It looks like Doghouse Riley's favorite politician (I kid, I kid -- DR is actually in the tank for Mitch Daniels) has announced at about the last possible minute that he won't be running for reelection.

My immediate reaction was along the lines of "I should be upset about the extinction of another DINOsaur, why?" But Steve Benen raises a troubling point:

It appears that the signatures for a prospective candidate are due tomorrow, and it's extremely unlikely any Dem could pull this off in time. What's more likely, then, is that the Indiana Democratic Party will be responsible for selecting a candidate -- there would be no primary.

Way to go there, Evan. Nothing like making your final official act one that is about as undemocratic as one could imagine. I'm sure your father is proud of you. Not.

Indiana's own Quitta from Wasilla was well ahead in the polls and campaign cash on hand, so the timing and circumstances of this big ol' FU to his ostensible party lead me to think a conservative lobbying group came to him a short while ago and said, "If you retire when we want you to and how we want you to, you could be making $5 million/year for life, 'working' for us." Until we hear anything different, I think that would be the only responsible speculation.

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