He got his moderate reputation by supporting Bush on defense and the war.
What I took from this is that the unions are getting unhappy, since they are not seeing jobs appear. Bayh is yet reluctant to criticize Obama, so he is making up a bunch of "what I would have done" and "we need to be patient and wait" stuff.
As of now there is no challenger. The Indiana GOP knows Bayh is still a formidable opponent, so they will wait to see if his support weakens. (He's very good at sounding like Blue Dog here in the state and making feel good commercials during campaigns). If his support weakens, they will probably try to get someone to run. If he doesn't lose support, they will draft some doofus just to create the appearance of a contest.
I can't wait to see who wants the Joker to campaign with them and who doesn't. That will be very telling as 2010 rolls in to play.
Interesting. Seems the Indiana GOP is wasting an opportunity to unseat Bayh. People are angry with the current direction. Bayh has done nothing to reverse it and as you said, votes with Pelosi, domestically.
He got his moderate reputation by supporting Bush on defense and the war.
Bayh has a lifetime ACU rating of 20.7.