2010-02-16
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) Not Seeking Re-Election
Conventional logic suggests that means he's likely either running for Governor in 2012 back in Indiana, or he'll be replacing Joe Biden on the Presidential Ticket that same year. To be honest, I think Evan Bayh was feeling a bit too dirty for what the far left majority in the US Senate was forcing upon him. Bayh may not have voted like it, but he was actually a pretty conservative governor considering the letter after his name. If that's the case, the VP slot isn't very likely since it was Obama spearheading the far left agenda. Of course, people often times say I "give too much credit to Democrats and I shouldn't give them a soul or conscience when there's no evidence of either." You could possibly argue then that Obama and Bayh are already staging their message for 2012 - that politics has gotten dirty and Bayh's presence on the national ticket is evidence that Obama is the best one to fight dirty Washington.
One thing I'm relatively certain of is that Dan Coats entering the Senate Race did not scare Bayh from running, even if Republicans have a good year despite Michael Steele's hope the GOP loses the Congress.
And while I was too busy in the hospital, sending out press releases, and cracking away like a mad man at a website for my first campaign for public office (www.votetracy.com) to pay attention to the news; I'm sure SOMEBODY in the news media noticed that Bayh announced all of this on PRESIDENT'S Day.
There's something else to consider here... the brilliant lobbyists and their pet Senators at the NRSC helm took their dear, sweet time spending money against Senator Bayh. What if they found something? The reason I suggest that is because Bayh has been a potential contender for President and he keeps pulling his name out of the running before getting anywhere. Additionally, he has been passed over consistently for the Vice Presidential candidacy. Although I think Obama-Biden was a good match considering Obama's lack of foreign policy background, Evan Bayh might have carried several more states for the Obama ticket. Likewise, Hillary Clinton could have easy named him her VP pick in 2008 in order to coast to much easier wins in states like Indiana, Ohio, and Texas, possibly giving her the ability to campaign more effectively in other states she ended up losing.
Evan Bayh, being slightly more conservative, probably would have carried Ohio for Senator Kerry in 2004, thus granting him a Presidential win over George W. Bush. Okay, Democrats might not know the first thing about Supply and Demand, Polar Bears, or why people watch professional football... but they DO know a thing or two about politics and, at face value, Senator Bayh seems like Running Mate Gold. At face value.
Here's something I bet the analysts didn't consider on television. Why would Obama want Bayh now? Bayh is literally only half of Biden. Seriously, sound it out. Maybe he's only half as bad?
