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Return of Bayhwatch

I took the day off work today, but not the day off blogging. The news is full of reports that Barack Obama is on the verge of picking Indiana Senator Evan Bayh as his vice-presidential nominee. Count me as one Hoosier who doesn't want Bayh to be Obama's running-mate. The best thing that can be said about Senator Bayh is that he usually tows the Democratic party line. He isn't much of a leader, in fact his positions often sway with the political wind. When he doesn't tow the party line, it's usually in cases where he votes the line of high money donors. For example, Bayh took quite a bit of money from financial services industry, and he voted for the disastrous Bankruptcy reform (deform) legislation in 2005. You can count on him to be an obstacle to comprehensive health care financing reform.

I called on the assistance of my friendly neighborhood superhero, the Googleteer. He flew in the window and performed this search

Evan-Bayh lightweight

as of today it returned 4050 hits.

Obama would do much better picking Joe Biden, Jim Webb, Bill Richardson or Hillary Clinton as his VP.