one you were involved with, great, good for you. in any case, sure, that s the big narrative fight here, the republicans have said this is a vote about the last two years, sarah palin on fox news sunday today, i know you re going to talk to her in a few minutes, she said it s a political earthquake and the country basically saying to barack obama, to democrats, you blew it. the republicans want to have it be a completely, or rather the democrats want a different narrative and a choice between one candidate, to raise and the other candidate whether you want to go forward with the obama agenda and whether you want to go back for the last eight years under george w. bush, of course a lot of people last eight years don t look so bad. the president held that rally in cleveland and we have a shock today, and even the new york times called it underattended in the facility that he was in, about 8,000 people i guess in a big arena. he s been to ohio 12 times, and i think collectively the
his increasingly anxious party. gloria borger is here along with our national political correspondent jessica yellin. first to you, jessica. this came as quite a shock today. it did, wolf. it was a bomb shell announcement for the democratic party. already reeling from a set of retirements. and senator evan bayh did not hold his fire when he said he s leaving because he s had it with the partisan bickering for washington. this has a major reporter: a two-term senator, now evan bayh says he s exiting the u.s. senate because he can t take the gridlock. for some time i ve had a growing conviction that congress is not operating as it should. there is much too much partisanship and not enough progress. reporter: with $13 million in the bank and a recent poll indicating healthy double digit leads over his top two republican challengers, bayh was well-positioned to win reelection. but the senator is in a phrase