It's Bayh - Obama's Staff Converge on Indiana Saturday

[NashVegas]

Obama team to hold 'major' event Saturday in Bayh's Indiana

Campaign officials gathering for possible veep announcement

NashvillePost.com has learned that senior campaign officials from the Barack Obama Presidential campaign are being dispatched from various locations around the country and are converging in Indianapolis for a “major event” to take place on Saturday.

Saturday is the same day that Obama is expected to make his first public appearance with his yet to be announced vice presidential running mate. Indiana is the home state of Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, widely considered to be on the short list of Democratic vice presidential contenders.

Sources in Denver, the site of next week's Democratic National Convention, say that individuals responsible for Obama's major public appearances have been pulled out of the city and are heading east towards Indiana.



http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2008/8/20/obama_team_to_hold_major_event_saturday_in_bayhs_indiana

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Bayh's record is astounding good. He'd be great.

[yurbud]

5. does yur gas mask indicate sarcasm (I hope)?

[TwilightGardener]

6. If it's him, he'll be a good solid pick.

[musicblind]

7. Except for opposing civil unions and saying he would support a constitutional amendment to define

marriage as between a man and a woman if need be.

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. Nobody is perfect, He did a hell of a good job for the working people.

[yurbud]

44. when he voted for the Iraq War?

[ieoeja]

48. For the record, he said "consider" not "support". n/t

[YOY]

2. Barf...

n.t.

[liberal renegade]

14. I second that.

[City Lights]

33. Thirded.

And I'll add a :boring:.

[YOY]

38. Anti-gay and video game scapegoating for social ills!

Oh yeah...solid winner there.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Officials converging in Indy may be just a head-fake--besides, maybe

Obama/VP are just going to Indy because it's a next-door swing state.

[jillan]

4. That's my bet too.

Bayh is a safe pick.
He's experienced and has some foreign policy experience.

[demokatgurrl]

19. Bayh is a BORING pick.

I'd rather have Biden, and I'm no big fan of Biden. I'd MUCH rather have Clark.

[Stop Cornyn]

35. Boring is not a bad characteristic in a running mate. In fact, the running mate MUST be more boring

than the candidate or you wind up with a Dukakis-Benson problem.

[scheming daemons]

8. Bayh and Daschle confirmed last night that they got the "it's not you" call....

[Renew Deal]

13. Maybe he got a call back.

I love all of the speculation. No one has any idea.

[nsd]

23. I thought that was just a blogger (Clemons) reporting on what anonymous sources told him.

Bayh and Daschle themselves haven't said anything publicly.

[Clark2008]

9. All these "safe" picks.

Is Obama afraid someone will outshine him?

Take a risk, dude!

(FWIW, the Nashville Post is basically an online rag).

[Renew Deal]

10. lol

I bet it will be Kaine by the end of the day. Round and round we go.

[Skwmom]

17. Well, in comparison, Kaine is starting to look better and better by the minute.

[New Earth]

12. It isn't

It is Clark. I don't know why people keep fooling themselves.

[Dr.Phool]

Stop fooling yourself.

It's Kucinich! Indiana is right between Illinois and Ohio.

[leftynyc]

47. I wish that were true

Clark is really the only one I want (maybe Richardson also). Otherwise, I really couldn't care less. All the other picks leave me flat.

[quiet.american]

15. Damn. Cannot stand him. nt

[Colobo]

16. I'd hate to see Bayh as VP.

[NYCGirl]

18. Huh? Obama will be appearing in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday. NT

[Renew Deal]

24. Springfield is only around 2 hours from Indianapolis.

So it's possible.

[City Lights]

42. A stop in Indianapolis doesn't guarantee that Bayh is the veep though. nt

[nsd]

20. There have been so many "scoops" these past couple of weeks that I'll reserve judgment.

Until the Obama campaign sends out the message, everything might just be people misinterpreting innocuous events.

[truthN08]

29. I don't think it really matters

where he is going to be and when. I say that because who ever the VP they are going to travel all over the country anyway. So him being scheduled to be in Indiana doesn't necessarily mean it's Bahy because Indiana is a battleground state regardless so he has to go there. Just like he has to go to Viriginia even if he doesn't pick Tim Kaine. It's funny that we really don't know what he is going to do this close to the convention.

[ErinBerin84]

30. exactly.

and so many of the "insider" scoops contradict each other.

[nsd]

40. One reason to be skeptical of any scoop breaking the story:

The Obama campaign undoubtedly knows the news media well enough to know what actions risk leaking the VP pick too early, and they plan things accordingly. They're not going to do something so obvious as plan a major event on VP rollout day in one of the main contender's home states.

[LSK]

21. thought he was going to be in Springfield, IL

:shrug:

[mikelgb]

22. Indiana is a close state and no matter who the veep is Obama cap has previously said:

Veep candidate will immediately start appearing with Obama in key swing/battleground/purple states.

tired of this certainty based on barely circumstantial evidence.

[shadowknows69]

25. Ok, I'm just gonna go curl up in a corner now

Someone come get me when we know something.

[SurfingAtWork]

26. It isn't Bayh, silly. Its Homer. Nobody can bring in the working class white vote like Homer.

[Barack_America]

27. Blech. The "qualifications" of both Biden and Kaine, without the positives of either.

My absolute bottom choice.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

28. It would be the first big mistake of his presidency.

Obama needs a major leager in there with him -- Bayh is strictly a double A player. :(

[Stop Cornyn]

31. Bayh is not my ideological preference, but there are at least some tactical advantages that he would

advantages that he would bring to the table.

If Obama feels compelled to pick a Senator (which I think is a bit of a mistake), Bayh at least brings some advantages to the ticket that offer some counterbalance to the disadvantages.

[mod mom]

32. The GOP will run how Bayh Co-Chaired Iraq War Committee w McCain for the neocons!

I believe choosing a DLC for second in line, especially one who backed the neocons is a very bad omen for a President Obama.

I would still vote for Obama but I will NOT work for a former neocon lackey who pushed lies for a war. I'd be working down ticket.

[wowimthere]

34. Look at everyone falling all over themselves. LOL. You will know Saturday. End of story

[high density]

36. If that's the case, I'm as underwhelmed as I was in 2004.

Bayh is not exactly my idea of "change."

[Barack_America]

37. I'd rather just have the piece of paper he looks good on...

It would undoubtedly be more charismatic than he.

[MaineDem]

39. Oh I hope not. n/t

[highplainsdem]

41. Not necessarily. They're planning a "tour" of battleground states en route to Denver, and Indiana

would simply be the first of those.

And I'm hoping it won't be Bayh. It would show spectacularly poor judgment on Obama's part, make him look like someone who wants a weak VP that he can easily overshadow. And Bayh cannot unite the party behind the ticket. You think the polls are bad now, just wait if Bayh is the VP...

Obama-Bayh-bye...

[CherokeeDem]

43. There is One Other Possibility...

Springfield, IL where Obama is holding the rally is a city of only 111,000. His staff may be converging on Indianapolis because of better connections to fly in there and then drive to Springfield. Might not have anything to do with who the VP pick will be. Who knows...I guess we will find out soon!

[MoJoWorkin]

45. What about Tim Roemer? He is from IN

[Sugarcoated]

46. Doesn't love it

:thumbsdown: Mediocre, yuk!

Please, don't do it - he needs someone with foreign policy experience and a street fighter. If he picks Bayh it'll be a serious mistake. :-(

I hope to God you're wrong.