http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiDaima69t.c&pos=8 "Senator Evan Bayh to Retire in Blow to Democrats"
You heard it first: it's going to be a complete and total trainwreck, followed by lots of solemn promises by Obyeltsin to pursue "bipartisanship", i.e. austerity as far as the eye can see. The only question is who will get to play the blustering, blowhard Zhirinovsky.
-- DRR