Evan Bayh shows his "mellow demeanor" and "folksy Midwestern charm" off in Iowa but still has to explain his vote for the Iraq war to members of the Democratic base who just ain't buying it. For the most part, Bayh apparently was "remarkably non-ideological," sticking with the message that he has proven five times he can win in a Red State.
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He has also proved five times that after winning in a red state, Bayh will refuse to listen to, represent, serve, or act upon the wishes of the red-staters whose votes he romanced with talk of moderation and shared values.
He has also proved that once he is hundreds of miles and a couple of airports away from his red state constituents, and comfortably insulated within the upscale environment of the Beltway, he won't find his moderate tendencies a hindrance while he's voting with the most liberal ideologues in the Senate -- Kennedy, Kerry, Feinstein, Boxer, Schumer, Biden -- in favor of the same blue-fringe agenda that lost them two branches of government in '04 despite the largest Democrat vote of all time.
Bayh may be somebody's version of a moderate, but in the White House it wouldn't matter, because his party and its already discredited agenda would seep in with him.
He or any other Democrat would be the pied piper who led the recently expelled rats back into the castle to resume chewing holes in the foundation and taking dumps on the priceless hand-me-downs.