Sen. Evan Bayh
said yesterday he plans to form a presidential exploratory
committee. As the former governor of Indiana, Bayh has executive
experience and as someone who has been popular in a solidly red
state, he has the ability to appeal to voters outside of the
Democratic Party--all of which may serve him well in the general
election. However, he'll probably be too moderate to win the
nomination and his lack of name recognition will be hard to
overcome in a field dominated by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and
John Edwards. Given how much money it will take to win the
nomination, it will be difficult to compete. Yes, the relatively
unknown Bill Clinton won the nomination in 1992, but he stood out
among a field of relative unkowns (Paul Tsongas, Jerry Brown, Tom
Harkin, etc.)
topics:
Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
