Another major blow to Democrats this morning, with the stunning news that Sen. Evan Bayh will retire and not seek reelection this year. A popular former governor in Indiana with a long family history in the state, he would have been the strongest possible candidate. This is further indication that moderate Democrats running in red states are eager to jump ship in what they expect to be a rough November. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is huge news because Bayh apparently knows something that most of us don\u2019t. In the latest polls since Republican former senator Dan Coats announced his candidacy Bayh was up by 20 points!<\/p>\n
I do believe that this will be a very bad year for Democrats but 20 points!?<\/p>\n
And it gets worse for Harry Reid and the rest of the socialists.<\/p>\n
The timing of this is extremely bad for the Democrats. Indiana election law is fairly clear about the timing for a candidate to file for a primary.<\/p>\n
Sec. 4. (a) A declaration of candidacy for a primary election must be filed not later than noon seventy-four (74) days and not earlier than one hundred four (104) days before the primary election. The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That 74th day is Friday. And the person needs to produce 4500 signatures as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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