Why Evan Bayh’s drop-out puts Democrats in a tough spot

$13
million the amount Bayh had in his coffers prior to his drop-out; he was up significantly on the GOP in recent polls
4,500
people the number of people the Dems need to sign a petition for a new candidate (500 per district) – by tomorrow

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The fact of the matter is that Robert Hurt is the establishment candidate, and it appears that the GOP is doing everything it can to make sure he is the nominee. That’s causing a whole lot of bad blood right now between some of the Tea Party people.
Charlottesville, Va.-based Jefferson Area Tea Party leader Bill Hay • Regarding a House race in his Virginia district which is something of a bellwether to larger problems facing the Republican party. Despite the unpopularity of Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello in his district, tea partiers are pushing for a more conservative candidate than the Republican Party, and it’s leading to difficulty in staying on message. Yo, tea partiers: Your push for conservative candidates is noble, but unrealistic. You’re going to hurt yourselves in November if you push away moderates. For every Scott Brown, there will be a Bill Owens. source

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We are going to throw everything we have at it to keep the district open for business on this busy pre-holiday weekend.
D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty • On the large amount of snow that’s forcing us to type this from our #(&@!(& apartment instead of heading outside into the world at large. The Mid-Atlantic region is currently looking at 10-20″ of snow, which is like nothing if you live in Minnesota, but these jerks don’t know how to drive down here, which makes things a bit dicier. source

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15 Feb 2010 11:57