Political handicappers are saying the announcement of former Sen. Dan Coat’s entry into the race to be Indiana’s senator now moves Sen. Evan Bayh’s seat into play.

But, Hoosier Access’ Scott raises some questions about Sen. Dan Coat’s entry into the senate race for those of us who enjoy watching politics:

So why is Dan Coats’ entry enough to move the rating when the national environment and the polling didn’t cause it to budge?

He hasn’t raised any money. He’s starting late. He hasn’t run a competitive election before (and declined to face Bayh last time). He has unfortunately baggage (lobbying, TARP, residency, etc).

There also hasn’t been a poll matching him up against Bayh, though polling has shown the race competitive with other potential November opponents (one of which is already running).

So where does that leave us?

We have a candidate with no money, no polling, no prior serious campaign experience, but who is being talked up by a bunch of GOP bigwigs.

Why?

I hope to learn the answer, since what I am seeing so far doesn’t convince me.

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2 Responses to “Senate seat in play, but why?”

  1. daltonsbriefs on February 4th, 2010 3:06 pm

    Well, you walked right into a hot issue on this one Chris. I for one am not happy that Dan Coats and his Washington ilk have decided to come to our “rescue” at the 11th hour. We have some great candidates who aren’t lobbyists for Bank of America or Hugo Chavez … Coats would get eaten alive by bayh.

  2. Christopher C. Hedges on February 5th, 2010 5:49 pm

    Hi Steve,

    I’m somewhat inclined to vote against people who funded the bailout (and bonuses) of all of the banks who set into motion the great economic failures of recent years.

    How did Bayh vote? I should probably check out his record as well as Dan Coats.

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