The cry of "play ball!" is not far away, but it's not a slogan widely heard in Washington. A mounting deficit and partisan gridlock is turning off more than just Evan Bayh and those on Capitol Hill who have had enough.
Bayh's departure was the big news of the week, and we'll spend a bunch of time with it on today's Political Junkie segment on NPR's Talk of the Nation. We'll have Brian Howey, the expert on all things Indiana, to talk about the shocking development.
Plus: Biden vs. Cheney in the Battle of the Veeps, Hayworth vs. McCain in the Battle of the Arizona Egos, Rick Perry's big lead in Texas, the N.Y. Times' "expose" of an aide to Gov. David Paterson — that was the big story everyone was braced for? — and the Democrats bicker in Colorado.
Last week's program, which included coverage of the Tea Party convention in Nashville, can be heard here.
Join host Neal Conan and me every Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET for the Junkie segment on TOTN, where you can often, but not always, find interesting conversation, useless trivia questions and sparkling jokes. And you can win a Political Junkie T-shirt!
If your local NPR station doesn't carry TOTN, you can always hear the program on the Web or on HD Radio. And if you are a subscriber to XM/Sirius radio, you can find the show there as well (siriusly).
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