Did Evan Bayh "Hate" Liberals?

By: Michelle Levi
Topics: Washington Unplugged

CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder said that Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) who announced Monday that he would not run for reelection this November, "hates" liberals in his own party and "essentially he is blaming liberals in his own party for making bipartisanship unpopular."

"Evan Bayh has had a very complex relationship with liberals in his party and quite frankly has grown to hate them over the past several years because he thinks that they have increased the cost of negotiating with Republicans," Ambinder told moderator Nancy Cordes on Monday's "Washington Unplugged."

Ambinder explained that Bayh feels his these liberals are "making it more difficult for the house leadership and the Senate leadership to even make gestures and overtures on their own accord."

Also, on Unplugged today, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin could not stress enough how important the capture of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was for the war on terror.

"He is a big catch and what makes it doubly big is that it happened in Pakistan after years of the Pakistanis saying there are no Taliban leaders here," Martin said.

He did explain that "most people do not expect him to spill the beans all that quickly" and that U.S. Officials are not privy to his interrogation since it is being carried out by Pakistani forces.

"Just getting him off the battlefield and into a prison is a major development in the war in Afghanistan because this mullah was the top commander of the Taliban fighters," he explained.

Watch both interviews above.

"Washington Unplugged" appears live on CBSNews.com each weekday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Click here to check out previous episodes.

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by Brokennews February 17, 2010 3:38 PM EST: Did Evan Bayh "Hate" Liberals?

Why do they ask?
Did he call them F*(king retarded??........Seems to be the trend lately!; Reply to this comment


by CBSisCommunist5 February 17, 2010 1:33 AM EST: Did Evan Bayh "Hate" Liberals?

Who doesn't ?; Reply to this comment


by nobama_noway February 16, 2010 8:59 PM EST: Look the whitehouse told all these democrates that they have to vote a certain way or ELSE.

I cannot blame him for walking out on the white house.

He was probably afraid of doing it when they had 60 votes...

The majority of America understands that the democrates caused the politics to be so bad for 12 months....; Reply to this comment


by Leaderless February 16, 2010 8:10 PM EST: Can't really blamed Bayh for "hating" liberals, he seen them in action, up close and personal.; Reply to this comment


by 6591Hou February 16, 2010 8:08 PM EST: CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder said that Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) who announced Monday that he would not run for reelection this November, "hates" liberals in his own party and "essentially he is blaming liberals in his own party for making bipartisanship unpopular."
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You have to be kidding me, now the demonization of Bayh begins - soon the claims of "he wasn't a 'real' democrat" or "he was just a wanna-be republican" or "he's a traitor" will soon start......oh wait, it's already begun.; Reply to this comment