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Bayh cancels baseball game tomorrow night

by Blazers Edge, Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:09:20 PM EST

With a tip towards Jeralyn at talkleft.com, she's reporting that Bayh's D.C. baseball team has cancelled its game for tomorrow night. As we all know by now, Bayh has an event scheduled with Obama on Wednesday. What does this mean?

I think the key person to look for in this instance is not Bayh or Obama; it's HRC. Where will she be on Wednesday? You would think that if Obama is going to announce his veep and it is one of her former supporters, that she would be present at the announcement. So far, her schedule indicates that she will either be campaigining with Obama or flying solo in Nevada on Friday. Some bloggers, specifically puma, have asserted that Obama will be campaigning with her in Ohio this week but Obama is in Ohio tomorrow and she was in Philadelphia today. Puma, what's your source for this Obama-HRC campaigning in Ohio claim?

Anyway, I think Bayh is an uninspiring choice and I'll leave it to William Cooper to make the case regarding Bayh's active cheerleading, rather than passive voting, for the Iraq War. I just had to laugh when the guy claimed that he had so much in common with Obama two months after almost asserting that Obama had fewer testicles than HRC (so is he saying that he too has fewer testicles than HRC?).

But whatever, if Bayh can deliver Indiana for Obama, then that's gravy. I cannot say that I wouldn't have been as opportunistic.

Tags: Bayh, Obama, VP (all tags)

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Re: Bayh cancels baseball game tomorrow night (none / 0)

Bayh is pretty "meh" for me, but if it locks up Indiana, it basically locks up the presidency.

by rfahey22 on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:14:53 PM EST

VP picks don't lock up states (none / 0)

The last time anyone can be sure that a VP candidate delivered a state for the nominee was LBJ in 1960. That's almost fifty years ago.

VP candidates don't deliver states. That whole idea is a myth.

by Angry White Democrat on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:18:16 PM EST
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Re: VP picks don't lock up states (none / 0)

I understand that that's generally the case, which is why I added the proviso. Certainly it can't hurt in Indiana, where McCain has yet to either advertise or open a field office.

by rfahey22 on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:39:40 PM EST
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Re: Bayh cancels baseball game tomorrow night (none / 0)

I doubt it will lock up Indiana.

I firmly believe they elected him to the Senate to keep him from boring them any longer in Indiana. As we used to say at IBM, "Screw up, Move up."

"There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up" --Rex Stout

by LIsoundview on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:19:17 PM EST

Re: Bayh cancels baseball game tomorrow night (2.00 / 1)

Bayh was one of three Democrats to vote for Bush's 2003 tax cut, which passed the Senate 51-49.

The other two were Ben Nelson and Zell Miller.

Even John McCain voted against it!

But, I mean, whatever. For all we know they cancelled the game because the forecast says rain.

"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman

by Steve M on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:31:09 PM EST

If Obama doesn't declare a veep (2.00 / 1)

before the Olympics start, I think the train has passed for Kaine, Biden, and Bayh. Something about the three is holding Obama back from making a decision; he has their info, all three have been speculated about furiously by the media for months, something is up if the call doesn't come for one of these guys by Friday. It'll be the field at that point.

The same principle may apply for Romney as McCain's veep. Romney's money is useless after August.

by Blazers Edge on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:40:13 PM EST
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Re: Bayh cancels baseball game tomorrow night (none / 0)

DON'T FREAKING DO IT, OBAMA. It means a loss.

"Hey, check it out. You just had yourself a glue OD. So you're learning another lesson. Don't do too much glue, or your night sucks."

by vcalzone on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:52:32 PM EST

Re: Bayh cancels baseball game tomorrow night (none / 0)

Well, not a certain loss, but he'll need to have a REALLY good game.

"Hey, check it out. You just had yourself a glue OD. So you're learning another lesson. Don't do too much glue, or your night sucks."

by vcalzone on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 08:53:07 PM EST
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Re: Bayh cancels baseball game tomorrow night (none / 0)

Bayh bye

by Ex on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 09:25:41 PM EST

It won't be Bayh; the announcement will be Fri (none / 0)

Before the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and it will be Biden because he will be well enough know that a few days of "introduction" before the news cycles get "flooded" will not be so important.

Otherwise it will be someone with a national rep of some degree: Gephardt, Edwards, Bradley, Nunn, Bob Graham--someone who can just jump into the national spotlight because he has already been in it. I like Graham best because he hads strength in Florida, which is probably a better state for Obama than Indiana, although Obama could win either while being a slight underdog in both.

But I'm pretty sure it will be Biden and the announcement will come Friday morning.

by Davidsfr on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 11:13:22 PM EST

If there is a dark horse... (none / 0)

...it's either Bob Graham or Dick Gephardt. Either one would be outstanding IMHO.

Good for their pitbull rep's, Biden or Clark would also be outstanding.

Then there's my favorite, HRC.

Any of these five, and Obama's doing the right thing.

Almost anyone else (I can think of a few other good choices, however), and it's underwhelming and problematic.

by bobswern on Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 01:04:06 AM EST

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