Top Indiana Democrat issues warning

United Press International:

"Sen. Evan Bayh, a veteran Indiana Democrat, said Tuesday's election was a vote against the status quo and not an affirmation of his party's agenda.

In an interview Bayh, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, said most Americans don't really know what Democrats stand for, Gannett News Service reported.

'And if we serve up a highly partisan, ideologically extreme, Democratic version of what they just voted against, we're not going to do very well.'

Instead Bayh urged his party to focus on issues of concern to the middle class like health care, pensions, job security and making higher education more affordable."