Would an Obama-Bayh ticket save the Democratic presidency?

The Constitutional Alamo ^ | 02/18/2010 | Michael Naragon

[Publius772000]

Most pundits are speculating that Evan Bayh’s dramatic departure from the Democrat Party was a jump from a sinking ship. Perhaps it was something more strategic…

[Perdogg]

I don’t see the math in it.

[Tarpon]

Obama is the problem, not his doodles sidekick, slo Joe.

[omega4179]

Obama/ANYTHING would lose in 2012.

[byteback]

No but Clinton/Bayh might.

[Joe Boucher]

One way or another Joe the Drunk will be history.

[Windflier]

"Would an Obama-Bayh ticket save the Democratic presidency?"

In a word, NO.

You could pair Obama with the most popular lib in the country, and the ticket would still lose in 2012.

52% of Americans have already expressed that they won't vote for Obama in 2012, and he's only been in office one year. His approval numbers are getting worse and worse all the time. It's not even certain at this point if he'll even survive to the finish line of his first term, at the rate he's sinking.

Let's also not forget that by the time of the 2012 primary, a lot of states are going to require that the parties show proof of their candidates' constitutional eligibility for the presidency.

Zero cannot survive such a challenge. For this, and many other reasons, he will not be re-elected.

[DynamoJoe]

Don’t get in that car with Biden , Bayh.!!

[za_claws]

I don’t think they would have to tell Biden that he’s not the nominee, his wife would know, but if she didn’t tell him, I don’t think he would realize.

[max americana]

NO. because anything with the word “obama” in it is sure to be a disaster.

Satan-Bayh would be a better ticket than Obama-Bayh.

[Vigilanteman]

Umm . . . he passed on a chance to pick Bayh. His handlers told him to pick Biden because Biden had gravitas to add experience to the ticket.

Although I'm not sure what type of experience three years on the city council fresh out of law school before being elected U.S. Senator of a pissant state and never being right on anything is suppose to add to ObaMao's empty resume.

[Maverick68]

America took a chance on the black guy with the muslim name.
obama blew it. He was every bit as radical and hateful as our collective sub-conscious fears thought he might be, (much to the surprise of those lofty moderates).
There won’t be another black President in our lifetime, tho’ there are many great black Americans who could lead this country back to its former glory.

[A. Morgan]

NO!

[pepsionice]

I’ve been saying this since the first minute that he announced he was not running. It makes perfect sense. He talks the moderate and independents back into the ticket...then wins easily in 2016. But this also requires that Democratic losses in November are not tremendous.

[Caipirabob]

Would Bayh take an ugly chick to the prom? That's what it's going to be like with Obama on a ticket come 2012.

A future joke: "What's the difference between Obama and Hugo Chavez? - Chavez got re-elected..."

[JSDude1]

NOPE!

[InvisibleChurch]

Hugo only got elected once. After that it was all fraud.

[JSDude1]

Come on now..let’s not start touting this faux-Conservative, we have had to live through Bayh as Senator for at least 12 years, and he has hardly been a conservative, he’s a Harry Reid Dem, not a “moderate”!! I have had to live through him, and I AM SICK of the RIGHT bloggosphere toughting him as some kind of “moderate” conservative Democrat he on conservative during election time in Rhetoric only, but other than that LIBERAL!

[Pollster1]

A real estate agent looking at a moldy house with rotting floors might similarly suggest putting hardwood floors in the house. I don't think anyone would buy, even with the new floors, once they had spent four years looking at the mold.

[bravo whiskey]

a mccain/anybody ticket might.