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Look ... Put me in as someone who wanted to gag myself thinking about Evan Bayh as a presidential candidate a year ago ... I get where everyone here is with him being DLC ... AND, I also had thought, up until about early June, that BO was going to pick another strong, dynamic progressive to be his VP ...
But, people here are just not in the moment on this thing ...
The media narratives are starting to form, and that has to be a very strong consideration in the VP pick ... Also, I didn't see BO running as hard as he has to the middle, and again, I think his VP will follow suit ... People here just do not want to credit Bayh for how strong of a pol he is ... People here don't understand, whatever ratings of pols there are, that Bayh is right on most every major issue ... Finally, what people don't want to see is where BO's "power" epicenter is, and how Bayh applifies it with his power epicenter ...
First, this would be issue about the neocon group ... That is something that people HERE are going to be bothered about ... Sorry, it will NOT be something the MSM carries heavy ... He is a "hawk" ??? It will be the FIRST time, R or D in my life that a "hawk" got pillored in the press ...
Second, he really is an exceptional politician ... He has gone from Secretary of State for Indiana, to a two term governor, to being in his third team in the Senate ... IN INDIANA AS A DEMOCRATE ... And, he is nearly BO's age ... He brings the "executive experience" as a governor ... His time as a governor was fantastic - NO TAX INCREASES and in fact, the largest tax cut in state history ... He has all the right committee assignments in the Senate ...
Third, as close as Obama is in Indiana, Bayh WOULD seal it ... The comparison to Edwards is weak ... Edwards was a first term Senator ... Bayh is bedrock in his state ... Also, Bayh would help with Iowa, which looks real good already, AND depending on who McCain's pick is, will help with Ohio and/or Michigan ... IF McCain goes with Romney, who do you think Ohioans are going to view more favorably Romney or Bayh ...
The Edwards pick does NOT match, the pick actually is closer to Clinton picking Gore - put aside the far left politics of it ... Clinton picked another southerner to amplify his strengths there ... Same with a BO pick of Bayh ...
People want to put their OWN view to what BO is saying with "change" ... Again, that is the beauty of using change as a campaign slogan ... But, in the end, all he is saying with "change" is 1) No corruption 2) Tamp down the partisanship considerably ...
In those regard, sorry folks, Bayh fits it to a T ... A long career with no remarkable "ethical" glitches ... And,for the very reasons everyone in this highly partisan forum want to puke thinking about Bayh, he is NOT a partisan figure ...
Again, I thought two months ago the pick would be a dynamic liberal ... TODAY I see the media just hammering Obama, and I see him running for the middle ... I see Bayh as a VERY strong candidate because he LOOKS republican and does not fit the typecast that that Rs/MSM use to smash Ds, and that he stands to have as great of an electoral impact of any candidate that has been mentioned ...
Does he need a new haircut ???
YES !!!
But, BO has ALL of our votes ... Bayh gets him as many of those swing votes as any other candidate, and he is NOT as horrible as people here think he is ...
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