Baye Begs Indiana SD's NOT To Endorse Anyone

[SoFlaJet]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/23/why_endorse_bayh_asks_hoosier.html

By Jonathan Weisman
With his state's critical primary in two short weeks, Democratic Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh -- a strong supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- has been leaning on the Hoosier State's freshman House members to stay on the sidelines rather than endorse Sen. Barack Obama.

Obama is hoping to win the outspoken support of Reps. Brad Ellsworth, Baron Hill and Joe Donnolly. He campaigned for them ahead of their 2006 Democratic sweep, and their districts sprawl across the southern half and central heartland of Indiana -- white, working class areas that favor Clinton. Even a good showing in those districts could be enough for Obama to take the state, given his strength in Indianapolis and the largely African American north near Chicago.

In an interview today, Bayh said he has appealed to Ellsworth, Hill and Donnolly to stay out of the race until their voters have spoken. Clinton will take all three of their districts, he said.

"Why should they get crosswise with some of their friends if they really don't need to?" asked Bayh, perhaps the most powerful elected Democrat in the state.

[DJ13]

1. Poor Evan Bayh, his dreams of possibly being Hillary's VP choice is near dead

Desperate, desperate guy.

[Warpy]

7. I think she'd still pick that fascist piece of trash

on the advice of the DLC.

Amazing how far that apple fell from the tree.

[GodlessBiker]

2. Wait. I don't understand. Should SDs vote as their state votes, or not?

Sometimes the Clinton camp says that SDs should follow their own conscious, but here we have that camp saying SDs should wait to see how the voters vote.

[Indykatie]

3. Obama Also Campaigned for These 3

I attended a huge fund raiser in Indy where Obama was the headliner.

[neverforget]

4. So I guess Evan Bayh is uncommitted? Oh silly me of course not!

Bayh can endorse Clinton but the other SD's shouldn't endorse anyone until after the vote. :eyes:

[GodlessBiker]

6. LOL. Some of us are more equal than others.

[JackintheGreen]

5. FUCK HIM!!!

a strong, PUBLIC supporter of Hillary asking others to keep their fucking mouths shut. FUCKING FUCK YOU, Evan Bayh! :mad:

He just lost any regard I had for him. (not that it's worth a lot, sigh)