The Washington Post says the "most obvious winner" in Mark Warner dropping out of the presidential race is Indiana's Evan Bayh, since the two share "much of the same ideological territory." But:
Bayh still has a number of challenges to overcome if he hopes to ascend to the top tier of the presidential field -- most notably his perceived charisma problem . . .
Who knew? Has anyone told Richard Lugar that Bayh is the one with the charisma problem?
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Pretty safe to say Bayh does't have a charisma problem. He has a "let me jump on your bandwagon today cuz I have presidential aspirations" problem but not a charisma problem.
You're right, Lugar isn't much on charisma but he's a decent guy that doesn't flop all over the place depending on the political tide like Bayh does now. There's another democrat I voted for and admired that just got way too smarmy the longer he was in it.