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  Bayh says he's Clinton, but he's a bit Gore too
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Last EditedThe Sunset Provision  May 18, 2005 09:35am
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News DateWednesday, May 18, 2005 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionSen. Evan Bayh’s (D-Ind.) inner circle of advisers stresses two points about the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries: Their man’s record as a popular two-term governor and his ability to appeal to voters in the “reddest of red” states.

President Bush won a handful of states in 2004 — Wyoming with 72 percent of the vote, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota and Alaska — by wider margins than he won Indiana, but Bayh’s state was still one of the president’s strongest supporters. Bush carried it with 60 percent of the vote in 2004, while Bayh secured 62 percent of the Hoosier state’s vote.

His supporters cite that as evidence of his ability to attract centrists and conservatives at a time when Democrats in Washington are wrestling with the question of how to broaden their appeal in the aftermath of a bitterly disappointing election last November.
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