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Ad Wars: Dan Coats Reintroduces Himself to Indiana

Hoosier values.

2:49 PM, Apr 15, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

It's nothing too earth-shattering. Coats, dressed in a casual checked shirt, calls himself a "conservative" leader who likes tax cuts, babies, and the 2nd Amendment.

"I never thought I'd run for office again, but with the direction President Obama is taking the country, Marsha and I decided we had to stand up."

He promises to reduce spending, and in somewhat clumsy phrasing, "repeal health care." Health care is, of course, shorthand for Obamacare that everyone likely understands, but it could be read as a desire to get rid of actual health care, not Obama's health care reform, as he means it. A "repeal and replace" message is more precise and more positive.

Another senator who’s too good for Washington.

Mar 1, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 23 • By ANDREW FERGUSON

While decrying too much partisanship in Washington, Bayh stacked the deck for Democrats.

6:28 PM, Feb 17, 2010 • By FRED BARNES

Did Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, who insists he favors more bipartisanship in Washington, schedule the announcement of his retirement to give his party a distinctly partisan advantage in picking a candidate to run for his seat? It sure looks like he did exactly that.

Indeed, Democratic strategists and party officials in Indiana were full of praise for Bayh for delivering his announcement less than 24 hours before the filing deadline for candidates. This means party leaders--32 of them--will pick a candidate (by June 30), and a primary will be averted.

Have the Democrats left no room for moderates?

4:42 PM, Feb 16, 2010 • By PHILIP TERZIAN

I, too, was surprised by Sen. Evan Bayh's decision not to run for a third term. In an institution where members have a habit of hanging on until they leave the chamber feet-first--casting votes while attached to IVs, being wheeled in and out for quorum calls--it is always noteworthy when a relatively young senator voluntarily steps down. (At 54, Bayh is two years older than his father, Sen. Birch Bayh, was when the elder Bayh was defeated for re-election by Dan Quayle in 1980.)

1:43 PM, Feb 15, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

The Hotline's Reid Wilson and Quinn McCord explain the nomination process in Indiana:

Sen. Evan Bayh's (D-IN) decision to retire has sent Dems scrambling to figure out who will carry the party's standard -- and how to go about getting that person on the ballot in the first place.

Candidates running for statewide office in IN have to collect 500 signatures from each of the state's 9 districts. Those signatures are due by tomorrow.

1:03 PM, Feb 3, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

Reports were this morning that former Sen. Dan Coats was definitely in for a run against Sen. Evan Bayh in Indiana after fellow Hoosier Rep. Mike Pence said 'no' to the idea, perhaps with his eye on a 2012 presidential run.

Coats has now released a statement that sounds sanguine, but doesn't have him fully committing until a later date:

11:47 PM, Feb 2, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

Politico's Josh Kraushaar reports:

Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats plans to announce Wednesday that he will challenge Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh in November, a senior Republican official told POLITICO.

Coats held the seat Bayh currently occupies for 10 years before retiring in 1998. Since leaving Congress, he has worked as a lobbyist and served as U.S. ambassador to Germany during the George W. Bush administration.

Lincoln, Bayh Say 'No' to Reconciliation

2:56 PM, Jan 26, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

She may have $5 million in the bank, but she knows it won't save her if she's part of reconciliation on health care:

But Bayh is still very vulnerable.

11:44 AM, Jan 26, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

Indiana Republican congressman Mike Pence will announce today that he will not challenge Democratic senator Evan Bayh in 2010.

Run, Mike, run!

9:40 AM, Jan 25, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

A new Rasmussen poll on the 2010 Indiana Senate race shows Republican congressman Mike Pence leading Democratic senator Evan Bayh 47 percent to 44 percent. Pence is the only Republican leading Bayh in the poll (though Bayh doesn't get more than 45 percent against any potential GOP challenger).

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