[TheMercenary]

But Senator Bayh's explanation that recent events had convinced him that "there is too much partisanship and not enough progress" in Washington made entirely too much sense for it possibly to be true. After all, such a decision would be principled, maybe even noble - and in Washington these days, that sounds downright inconceivable.

The two issues Senator Bayh mentioned as straws that broke the camel's back were the failure to establish a bipartisan commission to force Congress to consider fixes to the federal government's long-term budget problems, and the collapse of a compromise jobs bill negotiated by Republican and Democratic senators. Both are excellent examples of politics taking precedence over what's best for the country.

No shit...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opi...0,246342.story