Bwa Ha!

At the latest DLC/Third Way meeting: Evan Bayh is the one without the beard.

So... First Evan Bayh retires, because of the awful, no good rotten effect that money has on politics, and by golly, he just wants to be a public servant, goshdarnit, like dear old dad.

And, less than a month out of office, he has gone-as Ezra puts it-right through the revolving door, into a huge private equity firm that deals in public policy issues.

To sum up: Evan Bayh wants to be an honorable public servant, is dismayed that people think ill of politicians for having to raise money, quits handing his seat to a slimy former lobbyist, becomes a slimy Wall Street guy.

Capitalism!

I'm counting the seconds until Lieberman goes to work with him.

I realize that the Democratic party can't appear hostile to business.

But they can at least wait a decent spell before selling themselves out.