Former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) was rumored to run for Governor of Indiana in 2012, a job he previously held for two terms.
If successful, he would have a very strong base to run for President in 2016.
Last month, Bayh announced he would NOT run for Governor, we think scared off by U.S. representative Mike Pence (R-IN), the GOP frontrunner for that job.
Without any political base, DEM ISSUES cannot see Bayh running for President in 2016 or beyond.
As much as D.I. supported Bayh in the past, we feel he will no longer be a formidable player on the national stage.
Sad, because he COULD HAVE BEEN a great President.
Unless, Bayh chooses to run for Indiana governor many years from now (he's still only 55) to HAVE a political base, we feel he will go down in history books as Hubert Humphrey, Sargent Shriver, Henry Jackson, Edward M. Kennedy, and his own father, Birch Bayh, before him...men who SHOULD HAVE been President but never were.
The Evan Bayh era appears over.
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