Bayh Was Filming Re-Election TV Ads, LAST WEEK

WTF?

Dollars to donuts.

Hope it was Larry, in the study, with the dossier :evilgrin:

I'll join you in the study cause that was what I was thinking. Funny how Dems run for the hills when they get accused of something while the rethugs simply close the stall door and keep on keeping on!

Seem to recall he would offer liars & cheats the chance to step down or face sour music. In the past, the man HAS put his resources where his mouth and Constitution loving heart is. One hopes lots of bounty hunters provided lots of files on lots of lying pols :evilgrin:

But, sadly, my best guess is: well paid job in private sector; especially with Bayh's remark about being an executive....

Lots of pols must be expecting big pay-offs for their part in the destruction of Truth, Justice, and the American Way. This would be the cycle, as there ain't much more to give away and they sure as hell won't get re-elected after the screwing they have given voters.

:evilgrin:

He can do so much more from the outside.

he was getting a sweet deal he would've held off on making the reelection campaign ad...something doesn't add up...

:) :rofl: :applause:

:D

He set a bounty on "family values" pols who were doing things they railed against in public. Something like $10K for proof of politicians' hypocrisy. Said any pols he got dirt on would either step down or face the facts coming out.

Sure are a lot of pols dropping out of politics of late. I find it delicious to hope Larry had a posse that made lots of $$ :evilgrin:

if not him, what was it?

and will come out, most likely

makes him an asshole too!!!

Our filing deadline is not until July.

I've heard the party can just designate a nominee.

Can the Dems in Indiana cross over and help pick the repuke candidate?

open primary, you just have to say which party ballot you want when you enter the polling place. There is a procedure to challenge voters who take one oppposite of what they have usually taken, but I doubt it would be used at any site.

they can't then just 'designate' a nominee unless the primary winner quits.(just ask illinois dems about the lt. governor primary two weeks ago)

for those interested, they must get 500 signatures from around the state -

In Indiana, a US Senate candidate is required to gather 500 signatures in each of Indiana's 9 Congressional Districts by tomorrow -- Wednesday, as in tomorrow

collecting signatures but has had a hard time. Not sure she will have them in all districts by noon tomorrow.
But, she is an announced and totally ignored (by the media) candidate.

they can't run and the replacement can be appointed. the problem is they probably will and its a short time to raise money. I think he got caught with his pants down.

a full YEAR before the general selection. the primary elections were held on february 2nd.

I've heard that mentioned at least twice so far. If Bayh had made this announcement Friday, it would have been a whole lot easier on the Democratic Party. As it is, they may not have a candidate for the primaries. One report just said that it is possible for the party to simply name who is running on the Democratic ticket, but they also said "It wouldn't be very Democratic."

WTH is Bayh doing?

Wikipedia on this:
"On February 15, 2010, Bayh announced he would not seek reelection to a third Senate term in the November 2, 2010 Congressional election, despite a strong cash position with approximately $13 million in the bank. Some observers have noted that due to his exit, Democrats have limited time to field a Senate candidate in the November 2 election, as the State of Indiana requires 500 signatures per congressional district by Tuesday, February 16th, 2010." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Bayh#Retirement

Something had to have happened this weekend for him to do this to the party.

bread and butter for as long as his had unless it's pretty godawful and he can be seen as "sparing" his party. Otherwise, you've got LOTS of your political allies and connections REAL upset at you. And what good would he be to his future employer in that instance? Particularly, if your stock in trade is from a political dynasty...hmmm.

Double cross? No problem. He ain't no DEM for reals.

then that's a different ballgame. I bow to your expertise, since I don't have any!:hi:

Am right way too often for my own liking.

Something is stampeding the herd. I figure the pols are expecting pay offs for their evil doins over the past years. One hopes the good guys have files on the bad guys and it's step down or face justice. I am just not that optimistic.

Corporate takeover just about complete. Pay day for some. But I hope it's the come-uppence they get instead. They sold America down the toilet.

of the people's health care interest. :sarcasm:

I don't know what is going on, but something seems to be up.

They were NOT just looking forward to a happy retirement with Dad. Looked more like an Eliot Spitzer retirement speech to me.

We miss everything here on the Westcoast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nedg6X9BhTQ

On Edit: I don't see the wife and kids crying.

His boys are twins????

I'm interpreting the behavior of wife/kids differently than most here.

I think she's doing okay, looking at him and smiling (rather than the stony-faced wronged-woman look), and the kids just looked uncomfortable as any kid that age would be standing in front of reporters and cameras.

And, just maybe he IS tired of all the BS -- God knows WE are!

What I DO find suspect is the timing, and the info that he was filming commercials until a few days ago, AND that his preface of the statement sounded almost like a "vote for me, here's what I accomplished" bit.

It'll be interesting to see what transpires.

The statement itself sounded like conventional senatorial bafflegab. The timing suggests some motive other than simple fatique. Stay tuned. I doubt we've heard the end of this.

or a skeleton in his closet is rattling audibly, about to be discovered.

Then again, it could be something as unglamorous as walking into Tauzin's old job.

Leaving explanation number two...

:hi:

I think there has to be a connection with his wife's position at WellPoint or something like that.

:shrug:

I am optimistic that there will be a decent candidate. I know Andre Carson was a guest of President Obama a little while back. Could he have been grooming him for that spot?

Not that it really means anything, it just seems a tad strange...

I didn't hear him give the speech - the talking heads were talking about it with the film running in the background. I watched his kids and wife. There was something really off about their behavior. Did you notice that the older boy seemed to be fighting back tears. The wife kept hugging the younger fellow. It was really weird.

valuable for a Tauzin type job. I guess it is possible, but walking out like that and leaving his party stranded is a strange way of handling a job shift. Particularly in such a prominent political family such as his. It makes for one HELL of a lot of pissed off people and that can't be good if you're trying to sweet talk them...

It was just announced last week that Tauzin is out and Bayh was very friendly to the industry during HCR negotiations. We may have a winner!

He didn't even tell Reid until after it was announced.
Does he realize that Wellpoint will no longer need his wife on their board? No more bribes?
My guess is that he has a major job as lobbyist for health insurance lined up.

that he had been cheating on his wife, Marvella, while she was dying of cancer. He had a little thing going on with one of the Senate aides. I was working in a lobbying office on Capital Hill at the time (which was a LONG time ago). It was common knowledge that Birch was doing this.

I'm waiting for Evan's other shoe to drop...

I'd always heard that Mrs. Birch Bayh was a serial adulterer. The word used was actually the n-word, but I have no idea if that's okay to say these days.

Not to say one should cheat on one's spouse when they are dying, but it sounds like they had - at the very least - an open arrangement.

I admit this was what I "heard" and have no way of knowing is true and I had not heard of Mrs. Bayh's supposed infidelities. But his affair seemed to be fairly well known. I worked in Washington (for 2 different organizations) between 1977 and 1984...I really don't think I "dreamed" this...

he was kissing up the wife and talking about family, I'd start out looking for 'the other woman'.

Only days ago, Bayh’s staff, close associates and Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker, who was manager of Bayh’s re-election campaign, had assured an Indianapolis Star reporter that he would definitely seek a third term

in the U.S. Senate. And Democrats recently released a poll showing Bayh easily ahead of both former Sen. Dan Coats and former U.S. Rep. John Hostettler, two of the four Republicans seeking the GOP nomination.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100215/NEWS05/100215009/Frustrated-Bayh-is-bowing-out

visibly shaken. Crying and nervously rubbing her son's arm. The kids also
looked upset. Also, giving the Dems a mere four days to find a replacement
would either be reckless or a giant F*** You to the party. Something isn't
adding up.

:shrug:

And welcome to DU! :hi:

it's about to get out...most 'outed' pols at least wait for a few rumors to get going. It's weird no matter what the truth is. :shrug:

saying that many of Bayh's friends knew of his possible retirement for a while, and he retired now BECAUSE of the impending deadline. When asked about another shoe dropping, Chuckie said definitely not.

I don't buy it.

:sarcasm:

Why else would he drop out suddenly?

sounds like a good enough reason to me.

:popcorn:

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4 days? After reportedly filming commercials? Knowing that this would put IN Dems in a bad way?

Something is rotten here.

it looks like he's helping the repugs, to me. If a scandal doesn't materialize, then he's further sold out. If his friends are saying he planned on retiring, then he basically screwed the party he was supposed to be representing.

that mod that posted here could have told you that too.

deleted). If it's what I'm thinking, that wasn't my intent at all -- it was purely a reference to Freud. Sorry if I offended anybody.

did we post the same thing?

an idea that may just not be true.

and had no idea that it would be taken the wrong way. I cannot imagine you would ever say anything inappropriate on DU...

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And I don't mean because they're not identical. One looks three or four years older than the other one.

His wife is definitely wiping tears away. I think the boys just aren't used to being in the spotlight like that.

I'm betting for a coming scandal, though. This is far too sudden if he was making ads just last week.

I don't know the cause of this, but I hate the spin being put on it by asshole repukes-in-hiding who are now trying to blame Obama.

Anyway, I admit I need to catch up on this story. It doesn't, at first glance, seem to be good news at all.

I don't understand politics anymore.

it could be that it's just a way to set up circumstances to circumvent the voters and be able to cherry pick a nominee.

the repugs had that opportunity in illinois a few years back when 7-of-9's ex-hubby was forced to withdraw after winning the primary, when it was revealed that he had taken her to a 'swing club'(which basically proved that he must be insane- who in their right mind would ever share jeri ryan? :crazy: ), and the repugs used the opportunity to choose alan fucking keyes as their candidate against a state senator named barack obama in the general selection in november. anyone remember how that worked out for them?

And I wouldn't share Jeri, either, but evidently that dude had more fun watching that participating... i don't get it, either