When even Evan Bayh has given up on bipartisanship, you know the game is up. As he says, the real debate is within the Democratic Party. When it comes down to counting the votes on the floor of the House or the Senate, Republicans couldn't be more irrelevant.

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KING: Are you confident, are we any closer to a bill that can have broad bipartisan support, or are we, in fact, closer to a Democrat-versus- Republican Armageddon in the Senate?

BAYH: Well, it looks as if it’s going to be unlikely, to use your term, John, to get broad bipartisan support. You might get Olympia Snowe. I mean, Bob Corker’s a very reasonable person. We could agree on many things, but there may be some elements in this he just ultimately can’t agree with.

So the real debate is within the Democratic Party. And even getting that consensus — which I think will ultimately be achievable — is taking time and will be difficult.