Brody's Notes... Indiana Senator Evan Bayh States: "There's too much brain-dead partisanship" in Congress.

By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Feb 17 | Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's announcement that he was not going to campaign for reelection & retire sent shock waves through the halls of official Washington Monday. Then, Tuesday morning during a live interview with ABCNews Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos, Bayh criticised Congress as being deadlocked in a semi-permanent state of inertia.

"There's just too much brain-dead partisanship, tactical maneuvering for short-term political advantage rather than focusing on the greater good, and also just strident ideology," the Democratic senator said. "The extremes of both parties have to be willing to accept compromises from time to time to make some progress because some progress for the American people is better than nothing, and all too often recently, we've been getting nothing," he said.

With Congress hopelessly stalled, the Senator said that it was his opinion it was going to be up to the American people to intercede and vote out those lawmakers who are focused solely on politics and partisanship.

"The people who are just rigidly ideological, unwilling to accept practical solutions somewhere in the middle, vote them out, and then change the rules so that the sensible people who remain can actually get the job done," Bayh said. "The president I know is desperately trying to accomplish this. Congress needs to listen and the American people need to help with this process."