Evan Bayh to Dems: Tack right, quickly!

“Every 14 or 16 years we seem to have to relearn this lesson,” Mr. Bayh said. “I do have a sense of deja vu, and the movie doesn’t have a happy ending.” But, he added, “there is an alternative ending we have an opportunity to write.”…

“The only way Democrats can govern in this country is by making common cause with moderates and independents,” he said. “It may be too late to regain them on health care. It’s not too late to regain them on spending.” To a president being pulled by some toward the left, and by others toward easy populism, Evan Bayh makes the case for driving a stake firmly in the political center instead.