For my first nomination, Sarah Palin. Can we think of anyone else? I think most Indy 500 drivers, a few professional football players, perhaps even an actor or two would qualify.
For some background, from Hotline:
Bayh went home just 20 times in the last 2 years for which records are available — including just 7 trips home in ‘08. The NRSC has signaled it will also challenge whether it is appropriate for Bayh’s wife to be sitting on corporate boards, and to be raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process.
My first nomination actually came through Facebook… Mikah Wilson suggested John Mellancamp.
Bobby Knight
Good one.
Heck, our own president has been to Indiana more times than Evan Bayh.
Danica Patrick
I said this earlier on Facebook, this contest may not work out well for party insiders. It would seem evident that one of the only people who won’t appear on this list will be Dan Coats.
I see your point Steve, but even when Coats represented the 3rd District in Congress, then all of Indiana in the Senate, he still spent more time in Indiana than Evan Bayh has in his entire life.
Well, while Bahy and Coats were trying to become Virginians, and padding their pockets with money from everyone else except the people of Indiana, Marlin Stutzman has been here — living, working, listening to, and giving his all for Hoosiers! He is the only candidate who has served both in the State House and State Senate, and he knows what we need, what we want, and who we are! I want a Hoosier to represent the Hoosiers, and I want someone who is young, energetic, and who will listen to Indiana above the voices of DC! His work over the past year crossing the state, will prove that he is the people’s candidate, come voting time.
At this point I have not settled on who to support for Republican Senate candidate. I am very happy that we have a healthy batch of candidates running. They see Bayh as beatable, which is good. For the most part, a contested Republican primary is a good thing because it will give exposure to some candidates that would need it in order to win in November.
However, I do not want to see us eat our own. And the treatment of Coats has not been good. Coats may or may not be the right candidate, but he served us well in the Senate and served well as a U.S. Ambassador. This kind of support of Stutzman does little to recommend him. There is no reason to disparage Coats to argue for your candidate.
A good point Joel, and while maintaining some respect for Mr Coats’ service to our state and the party in general, I have to wonder why anyone thinks of all years this is the year to nominate a lobbyist … any lobbyist. This is one of our greatest attacks against Evan Bayh, that he and his wife have sold out to Washington and lobbyists. Can’t see going into November with one arm tied behind our backs.
The lobbyist label doesn’t do too much for me plus or minus. We can discuss the why’s of that at another time. But needless to say I am more interested with what you do as a lobbyist than the fact that you are one.
The issue regarding Coats that does speak to me is that he hasn’t been in the state very much in the last few years. On the other hand, I can think of some of our founding fathers (Adams comes to mind) who didn’t seem to be able to spend very much time at home and he seemed to have adequately represented his constituents.
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