Bayh-Coats Denied: Where’s Don King When You Need Him?

IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 2/15/2010 | Ed Carson

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Back in 1988, Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., decided not to seek another term rather than take on popular ex-Gov. Evan Byah. With Coats out, Bayh won easily. Coats recently threw his hat into the ring for 2010, setting the stage for the Hoosier State showdown 12 years later. But now Bayh, in a shocker, says he won’t run. The Bayh-Coats angst-no-action drama resembles that of boxing, where top fighters often fail to face each other

[Salvation]

My thinking is that the Republican will win in a red state.

What say those people from Indiana?

[rstrahan]

They don’t want Coats either. He’s a quitter. New faces this year.

[digger48]

I want Coats to stay home. Wherever that is.

He’s just more of the same DC politician thing that voters are sick of these days.

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Of course, Coats bowed out in 1998, not 1988...

[Ol' Sparky]

My thinking is that the Republican will win in a red state.

There is no excuse for a Republican not taking Bayh's seat in a Republican year.

[Paige]

The Internal Polling numbers do not lie. The writing is on the wall. People are “FED” Up. The health-care (socialist in your face) bill ticked people off and people aren't forgetting. Then rumors that the Dems were still planning to push Cap and Trade along with Amnesty for illegals...as many are saying...enough is enough.

[MattinNJ]

Except the Dem nominee is a “conservative” Democrat who will run to the right of Coats. There is a true conservative running in the GOP primary-Martin Stultzman (sp?)-I sent $-let’s help him.

[BenLurkin]

Did you say “Don King”?

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