Indiana

My Bayh Line

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I learned a lot of things this week when Evan Bayh announced he was not to running for re-election.  Here they are…

1. Someone in this town can actually keep a secret.  Bayh has been going back and forth for weeks on whether to run again and only his closet friends and advisers knew this and not one of them said a thing.
2. 90% of the national media punditocracy have absolutely no clue as to what they are talking about.   Anyone who thought Tamara  d?Ippolito seriously had a chance of getting on the ballot was on crack.  The next time the nationals decide to start talking, maybe they want to call someone who’s actually covered the race.
3. Is there any real reason to keep the current primary system?  The Democratic State Central Committee will pick Bayh’s replacement while Republicans are headed towards a brutal primary. Either get rid of the primary and let the party nominate their candidates or do an open primary system and let the top two vote-getters square off in the general election.
4. Sometimes taking a chance against what seems insurmountable odds (running against Evan Bayh) actually pays off (Greg Ballard).
5. Was Indiana politics ever this interesting before I got here?

Just a few thoughts.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).