Elephant In Exile

Grab Bag Edition:

Could Evan Bayh Be the GOP’s Worst Nightmare in 2008? (My Answer-No)....
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) isn’t about to announce his candidacy for president just yet. But one look at his team tells me that he’s running
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_81/rothenberg/8331-1.html

Santorum shifts left for '06 run
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), one of the Senate’s foremost conservatives, has made several statements on tax and wage issues in recent days that suggest he is shifting more to the left.
(Of course it would help if Mr. Santorum actually lived in PA....Elephant)
http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/030305/santorum.html

Going off the (third) rails
Social Security is too expensive, says Alan Greenspan. But reforming it may be too politically costly, fear the Republicans.
http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3732459

When Bad Things Happen to People I know...

I saw this in the paper yesterday and my jaw dropped! Imagine...you take you kid to the hospital, the doctor says...'well she should stay over night, that's my advice...but you probably would be alright to take here home." So you take her home (a few blocks form the Hospital) and then....Social Services comes knocking....

I know David and Hope....They're many things...but negligent parents...well, I've never seen evidence. Now they're forced with proving it to social services....D.C. Family Detoured by Mixed Signals.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2792-2005Mar2.html?referr