Reply #84: That's all after the fact.

[SanchoPanza]

Kaine can have input into who his picked up front, but its mostly going to be minimal. The person with the most influence over the process will be Indiana Dem Chairman Dan Parker.

Dan Parker is also Bayh's longtime campaign manager.

The Democratic nominee will be in the same mold as Bayh. That's why he announced 24 hours before the deadline for turning in petition signatures for ballot access in the primary. It insures that Indiana Democrats will have no say over who their nominee is, and gives all the power over that process to people who are in their position because of Bayh. Even if Kaine balks, they'll just say that he is trying to exert out-of-state influence over a state process and jeopardizing a Senate seat at the same time, and they'd likely win. Unfortunate as it is, Democratic officeholders and functionaries owe more to Bayh than they do to the DNC.

The fix is in.