IN SEN: Coats To Run Against Bayh
A GOP source confirms to Hotline On Call tonight that ex-Sen. Dan Coats (R) will challenge Sen. Evan Bayh (D). The news was first reported by Howey Politics Indiana, and comes the day after Sec/State Todd Rokita (R), who had been considering a SEN bid, decided to run in the open IN-04 race instead.
Coats was appointed to fill then-VP Dan Quayle's (R) seat in '89. He served until '99.
I met Dan Coats and his wife on July 4, 2002 in Dresden, Germany for the celebration of Independence Day. At that time, he was the US Ambassador to Germany and I sang for the event.
Dan Coats is a very, very intelligent man and will be a formidable opponent. Bayh will have his work cut out for him.
So, Indiana's senate election is between a hardened, friendly-only-to-lobbyists obstructionist conservative, and Dan Coats?
Dan Coats, he of "Wag the Dog" fame... Didn't want Clinton to go after OSAMA BIN LADEN in 1998.
Sounds like a typical Republican alright.
Rich (check)
White (check)
Old (check)
Male (check)
Politics over the good of the country (check)
HE PASSES THE PURITY TEST!
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