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Elected Officials Launch Group To Combat Partisanship

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Elected officials and activists from around the country gathered Monday to bemoan the excesses of political partisanship and seek way...

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Evan Bayh Passed Over To Head NCAA

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Evan Bayh's bid to become the head of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), a dream job for a Hoosier if there ever was one, failed on ...

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Brad Ellsworth SENATE Run: Indiana Congressman To Run For Bayh's Seat

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Count Ellsworth in. Indiana Democratic Congressman Brad Ellsworth has decided to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Evan Bayh, according ...

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American Politics: Generations of Failure

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

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These days thoughtless dominates, substance doesn't matter. In fact it is something to cover up in stage presence.

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Evan Bayh's Retirement Signals Disappearance Of Moderate Middle In Congress

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The moderate middle is disappearing from Congress. Evan Bayh is just the latest senator to forgo a re-election bid, joining a growi...

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Evan Bayh Predicts Third-Party Candidate Could Win Presidency: 'Ross Perot Moment'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Falcone | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), who announced he would retire from his U.S. Senate seat at the end of his term, is already looking into his 2012 election cry...

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Evan Bayh's Retirement Sets Off Debate About Partisanship In Washington

The Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Evan Bayh's surprise decision not to seek reelection touched off a debate Tuesday among strategists and scholars about whether the Indiana senato...

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Evan Bayh Not Running For Re-Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) confirmed on Monday that he will not be running for re-election in 2010, citing a overly-partisan climate in Washington. The ...

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Did Filibuster Reform Lead Sen. Bayh to Quit?

Michael Kieschnick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bayh blamed lack of bipartisanship for his decision, but of all the potential reasons for his leaving the senate, this one is the most likely to be bogus.

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Evan Bayh For President? Senator May Be Eyeing White House Run

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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It took Evan Bayh, the son of a legendary Senator from Indiana, two terms of his own to learn that the conservative Democrat was living a lie as a leg...

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Evan Bayh's Very Long 2009

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than Bayh's dimming political prospects, my guess is that what got to Bayh was the distinctly personal tone of the attacks on his wife, Susan.

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Evan Bayh's Retirement Leaves Democrats Scarred And Demanding Aggression

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Senator Evan Bayh's abrupt announcement on Monday that he will retire at the end of his term has further united disparate voices within the Democratic...

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Evan Bayh's Attacking GOP Challenger Dan Coats

Politico | ALEX ISENSTADT | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the week since Dan Coats announced he was preparing to challenge Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, Democrats have launched a withering, no-holds-barred as...

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Mike Pence Won't Run For Senate, May Run For President

Posted 05.25.2011

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The third ranking House Republican, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), announced Tuesday morning that his political aspirations didn't include a Senate run. No...

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Evan Bayh May Get Challenge GOPer Mike Pence

Hotline | Reid Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of winning MA, GOPers are looking to put 1 more state in play if they can convince House GOP Conference chair Mike Pence to run against Se...

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Senator Leahy's Letter to the G.A.O., the Investigative Arm of the U.S. Congress

Sunil Chacko | Posted 05.25.2011

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The letter to the G.A.O., the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, now over a year old, was sent by U.S. Senators Leahy, Bayh and Lugar following the disappearance of the Bayh Amendment.

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RES Hangs on Two B's -- Bayh and Brownback

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate leaders are dashing around to get one last yes vote for the Renewable Electricity Standard. The RES would be the first nationwide commitment to a minimum of solar, wind and geothermal energy.

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Senate Rejects McCain In Bipartisan Fashion

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The bottom line of this story is that nine out of forty-one Republican senators just broke ranks with their party and voted to strip a McCain amendment from a budget bill.

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The Beginning of the End for Obama

Seth Swirsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Well, my greatest fears were not realized: Hillary Clinton was not chosen for Vice President by Barack Obama. Instead, he chose the 35-year Senator, ...

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Slouching From Bayh -- The Anti-Draft's Impact

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a few days, the nascent anti-draft to stop Evan Bayh upended the national discussion of the senator as a leading VP option for Barack Obama.

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The Irony Of Evan Bayh's Name Texted To My Phone

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Obama picks Evan Bayh, the son of a political family, the ultimate legacy politician, a supporter of the Iraq War, it will mean that once again, change is how you talk the talk.

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Obama Will Name Bayh his VP Choice on Wednesday

Bil Browning | Posted 05.25.2011

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While Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza has positioned Bayh at the top of the heap for a few weeks now, after getting tips and making some logical conclusions the choice is obvious. Why?

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