Bayh Humbug!
It looks like Evan Bayh is out.
The Times notes that his campaign was drawing little attention, as reporters swarmed after Obama, and Bayh himself noted that he was a long-shot David candidate in a field already crowded with Goliaths. One thing is for sure. This is not 1992. Bill Clinton was able to come out of obscurity as a dark horse, because Democratic big shots did not think that H.W. Bush was ripe for the picking. Yes, 2008 is an open field but its being increasingly dominated by just a few contenders, most of which haven’t even officially announced. On the Democratic side, the contest is being covered in the media as an impending clash between the Hillary Clinton juggernaut and the pre-ordained next-big-thing Barack Obama. The Republicans are looking for a McCain-killer, and Mitt Romney or Sam Brownback are getting a lot of coverage for that role.
The “wide-open” 2008 field is narrowing, even a year before the first primary.
The Times notes that his campaign was drawing little attention, as reporters swarmed after Obama, and Bayh himself noted that he was a long-shot David candidate in a field already crowded with Goliaths. One thing is for sure. This is not 1992. Bill Clinton was able to come out of obscurity as a dark horse, because Democratic big shots did not think that H.W. Bush was ripe for the picking. Yes, 2008 is an open field but its being increasingly dominated by just a few contenders, most of which haven’t even officially announced. On the Democratic side, the contest is being covered in the media as an impending clash between the Hillary Clinton juggernaut and the pre-ordained next-big-thing Barack Obama. The Republicans are looking for a McCain-killer, and Mitt Romney or Sam Brownback are getting a lot of coverage for that role.
The “wide-open” 2008 field is narrowing, even a year before the first primary.
