{"id":1262,"date":"2010-02-15T11:32:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T18:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2010-02-15T11:32:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T18:32:16","slug":"a-page-from-sarahs-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1262","title":{"rendered":"A Page From Sarah&#8217;s Book?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a little less than an hour Indiana&#8217;s Senator Evan Bayh will announce that he&#8217;s not running for another term as Senator, but according Fox News&#8217; Carl Cameron he may not be bowing out of politics entirely.  In his prepared remarks, he is expected to claim, &#8220;After all these years, my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished, but my desire to do so in Congress has waned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Evan_Bayh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Evan_Bayh.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Evan_Bayh\" width=\"298\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Evan_Bayh.jpg 298w, http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Evan_Bayh-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s no big secret that the good senator has long looked in the mirror and seen a president.  Could it be that he now is listening to the American people and sees that the extreme progressive (read socialist\/communist) leadership now in control of the Democrat Party has opened the door for his more centrist, palatable brand of liberalism?  And could it be that he&#8217;s taken a look at Sarah Palin&#8217;s ability to reach out to hundreds of thousands of supporters without the constraints of office and seen that &#8220;you don&#8217;t have to have a title to make a difference&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Tune in at 2 p.m. Eastern and learn just how different 2012 may look from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.  Somehow I don&#8217;t think this is the change Obama was hoping for.  <\/p>\n<p>Oh. Well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a little less than an hour Indiana&#8217;s Senator Evan Bayh will announce that he&#8217;s not running for another term as Senator, but according Fox News&#8217; Carl Cameron he may not be bowing out of politics entirely. In his prepared &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1262\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xq4i-km","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}