tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post61444799096641945..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-87190308008352463692008-08-08T16:26:00.000-05:002008-08-08T16:26:00.000-05:00AI,<BR/><BR/>Trust me...I was very active in the 1980 election and remember it well. Quayle was waaaaaaaayyyyyyy behind in the polls on Election Day, about a 15 point lead for Bayh. Quayle was given no chance of winning. I realize Bayh's other victories were very close, but the polls in the Bayh-Quayle race did not portend that the Bayh-Quayle race would be even close. Yet Quayle won by a health margin.. It was all due to the huge Reagan landslide, certainly not to the race Quayle ran. He was not even on the radar.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899023066910200507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19661333306635353582008-08-07T11:08:00.000-05:002008-08-07T11:08:00.000-05:00Flynn, The Quayle win in 1980 was no surprise. Birch Bayh eked out each of his 3 Senate wins. Even in 1974 during Watergate, he only beat Lugar by about 70,000 votes. On the switch side, Evan Bayh won his first gubernatorial race comfortably in 1988 at the same time Bush/Quayle easily carried the state.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9186350774438802052008-08-07T09:49:00.000-05:002008-08-07T09:49:00.000-05:00AI, you forget that Quayle was down about 15 points to Bayh going into the election. Quayle won because of the, unexpected, Reagan landslide. It wasn't because of the great campaign Quayle ran.<BR/><BR/>Politics is like that...being in the right place at the right time. Ask Mayor Ballard. He was in the right place when Peterson decided to commit political suicide.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899023066910200507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-81666701313896347292008-08-06T11:13:00.000-05:002008-08-06T11:13:00.000-05:00"Bayh as Veep would have brought the "Bling" to Indiana!"<BR/><BR/>Isn't it amazing that there are SO many people who think the above is more important than a secure nation, low taxes, affordable gas, etc.<BR/><BR/>No wonder this country is going down the tubes.Concerned Taxpayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952241910289966736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-68040015112060691682008-08-06T07:30:00.000-05:002008-08-06T07:30:00.000-05:00Bayh reminds me of teflon! Nothing could stick to this guy, I suspect he would be a perfect VP! What I can't understand is the Republicans keep nominating old guys (Dole comes to mind) for president. There are no more Ronald Reagen's in the world and remember Ronny was a actor! As Shakespeare said "All the world's a stage". Right now the Republicans need some good actors! On Indiana's level of politics I will take Ballard and Daniels as the two best politicians in the state! No blank check writing like the previous administrations liked to do!guy77moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07248410686603913517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-31348055471516331642008-08-05T20:30:00.000-05:002008-08-05T20:30:00.000-05:00Bummer Bayh as Veep would have brought the "Bling" to Indiana! Oh well being a friend of the next president is the second best thing to being Veep Hmmm maybe it's better then being the Veep! Veep Veep Sounds like the Road Runner! ;)guy77moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07248410686603913517noreply@blogger.com