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phk
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« on: May 08, 2010, 03:30:02 PM »
Easier to elect a D in Delaware than a D in Indiana.
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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2010, 04:33:48 PM »
« Edited: May 08, 2010, 04:35:46 PM by phknrocket1k »
Quote from: Time goes by, so slowly on May 08, 2010, 03:30:54 PM
Quote from: phknrocket1k on May 08, 2010, 03:30:02 PM
Easier to elect a D in Delaware than a D in Indiana.

Obama would have won Delaware with or without Biden, and he knew that.

No for the Senate.

Bayh's seat is more likely to go R, at least over the long run, if he was VP.
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2010, 10:49:59 PM »
Quote from: Cubby on May 09, 2010, 12:31:38 AM
Another consideration was that Biden's replacement in the Senate would have been picked by Democratic Governor Ruth Ann Minner. If Bayh had been chosen, Republican Mitch Daniels would have picked a Republican to replace him, altering the balance of power.

Biden was a much better choice than Bayh.


This.

Obama would have been stuck at 59 seats.
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2010, 11:53:34 AM »
In reality I think Obama's preferences were actually something like

Kaine > (Bayh ~ Biden)
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