Evan Bayh's final term?

Greg writes that it is Senator Bayh's final term now that he voted against Condoleeza Rice.

No shock there ... If Evan Bayh does NOT recall the lessons of his father's term as Senator (and how a run at the White House diminished his appeal back home by the time of his 1980 defeat), he'd be the biggest fool in the world, and there's no way one can mistake him as such. There's a few notable differences, dad Birch was a notable liberal, whereas son Evan has never been accused of being such. One vote does not a liberal make.

A glance over at Connecticut offers another view of a centrist who took a hit back home for a run at 1600 Penn, but by the time that dream died, he headed home and now has approval ratings that look down at the stratosphere. Indiana isn't Connecticut, but my sense is that Bayh has more risk for a Presidential run, and hence, Bayh likely won't be back on the ballot as Senator anytime soon.

Of course, Senator Bayh won't be on the ballot as a Senator anytime soon. In 2008, he'll be on the ballot as the Democratic candidate for President against some right-wing candidate whose record will be distorted by the blogosphere...

If Democrats are wise, they will vote for a moderate Democrat in the primaries who has a clean record. That moderate Democrat is named Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III and he is a Senator from Indiana.