Looks like the VP nominee has been leaked accidently [supposively]. Technology has a way of facilitating accidental emails. The consequences can be dire as I learned years ago. Anywho, if this email isn’t actually a hoax (which is now increasingly more likely as I review the information provided + spelling grammar error above) I was/would be wrong about whom I thought would be choosen before: see Sebelius prediction.
As a hypothetical, then…What does this shore-up & what does it leave open for Republican attack? Bayh = moderate. He is very much a fiscal conservative managing to avoid raising taxes as Indiana’s governor for 8 years in office. He has a wealth of administrative experience & endorsed Clinton 08. INDIANA is a Swing State for a Democratic presidency. Indiana’s political culture accepts lethal injections as humane, support of the Iraq War was necessary, reauthorize the Patriat Act 06 etc. Bayh supported all those intitiatives. He does not have much in terms of foreign policy credentials along with Obama. Evan Bayh isn’t charismatic but Obama will fill that void easily. Overall, I don’t know that people will be satisfied with any of Obama’s choices. He is the lead man on the ticket: the big show anyway. Biden would have been a useful choice as well. I suspect Biden will have a prominent role in the adminsitration as well as Bill Richardson….
WARNING THIS ACCIDENTAL EMAIL MAY BE/IS A HOAX. Evan Bayh is not the nominee. SOrry for wasting your time.