After a quick visit to his fourth home in Indiana, Bayh was back in the nation’s capital and back to his regular gig as a Washington lobbyist.
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With his campaign to become Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick apparently falling flat, Bayh has decided to pursue a path back to power by running for the seat he abandoned in 2010. But CNN’s Manu Raju notes Bayh has plenty of baggage – and Republicans are more than ready to use it against him.
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“He has a lot of baggage and Republicans are revving up a pretty aggressive attack line against him. He spent a lot of time in Washington with corporate interests since he left his job as the United States senator. Also, his sheer ambition (is something) they’re going to go after. He had eyed the Governor’s Mansion. He also, I’m told from Democrats who are monitoring his decision, he seemed to be angling or at least gauging whether he’d be picked as Hillary Clinton’s running mate.”
After he “spent the past six years living and working in Washington, D.C.,” Bayh is having trouble convincing Hoosiers (and reporters) that he has any roots in Indiana.
We can’t imagine why.
