Evan Bayh More Right than Most Republicans?

Expect a surge of outrage among Democratic voters if Barack Obama picks Senator Evan Bayh to be his vice presidential running mate, as many insiders are now predicting will happen. The reason is simple: Evan Bayh has more of a right wing record in the Senate than many Republican politicians.

I’m not just making that up out of thin air. According to the the Progresssive Patriots Right Wing Index for the US Senate, there are five Republican senators who have a less rightist voting record over the year and a half than Evan Bayh.

On the Senate progressive legislative scorecard, Evan Bayh is not ranked as a progressive. Senator Bayh is not in the “moderately progressive” or even in the “only kinda progressive” category. Bayh has earned a ranking in the solidly “not progressive” category”.

Evan Bayh’s right wing legislative score is 50 percent. Evan Bayh’s progressive legislative score is only 19 percent.  But, he did vote no against a constitutional ban on  gay marriage.

Read more of this story at thatsmycongress.com, or find Evan Bayh’s voting record at ontheissues.org.