Evan Bayh

...Plouffe and excerpts of it are just out on Time magazine's Web site. The Plouffe account makes it clear that Senator Evan Bayh was a close second to Joe Biden. Plouffe quotes Obama saying, "It's a coin toss now between Bayh and...

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...in volunteering no hard feelings if he were overlooked. Mr Obama said in a conference call from Hawaii: "It's a coin toss between Bayh and Biden, but Kaine is a distinct possibility." Mr Obama called back. "I've decided. It's Biden."

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...end up having more range - he can reach higher heights but could cause us real pain. Bayh's upside and downside are probably the closest spread of the three. As the day grew long, we headed to Richmond, our last stop. We appreciated [Kaine's]...

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...Kaine of Virginia. </p><p>Plouffe also wrote that "we had initially received a lot of advice from many of her (Clinton) supporters to pick her, though this 'advice' was perhaps more accurately described as subtle pressure." Posted on Thu,...

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...answers to our questions were substantively close to perfect, if cautiously so. Seeing Bayh right after Biden provided some interesting contrasts and comparisons. Listening to Bayh talk, I thought, There's no way this guy will color outside...

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...as a new target date, but that appears unlikely now, too. Centrist Democrats in the Senate, including Evan Bayh, D-Ind., remain concerned about the costs of reform provisions. They and the lone centrist Republican who voted for the Senate...

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...the job. Biden "could not be taught new tricks," Plouffe writes. "Bayh's answers to our questions were substantively close to perfect, if cautiously so," Plouffe writes. Kaine acknowledged that he was likely on the bottom of the list, and...

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