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About Birch Bayh

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Birch Evans Bayh II (pronounced /ˈbaɪ/, bye; born January 22, 1928) is a former United States Senator from Indiana, having served from 1963 to 1981. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 election, but lost to Jimmy Carter. He is the father of former Indiana governor and current U.S. Senator Evan Bayh.
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herzogind: Thanks Birch Bayh RT @SteveCase: Title IX spurs a generation of women leaders http://bit.ly/dpeGSB9 (via @Bill_George) Agree!

JAlanGrey: @MariaNYC here in Indiana @SenEvanBayh is a great man from great history (Birch Bayh) .. from Governor to Senator.. he’ll be missed by all!

anneblair: RT @LisaMaatz: Hilarious MUST WATCH little ditty abt Sen Bayh & guy who’s 10x the man he is–his dad, Birch http://bit.ly/cgs4x4 #p2 #fem2

ToriFan247: RT @LisaMaatz: Hilarious MUST WATCH little ditty abt Sen Bayh & guy who’s 10x the man he is–his dad, Birch http://bit.ly/cgs4x4 #p2 #fem2

LisaMaatz: Hilarious MUST WATCH little ditty abt Sen Bayh & guy who’s 10x the man he is–his dad, Birch http://bit.ly/cgs4x4 #p2 #fem2

ajredford: RT @natthedem: YES. THIS –> RT @Strwbrry_Blonde Tim/Luke Russert are the Birch/Evan Bayh of television.

rootless_e: @Strwbrry_Blonde That’s really unfair to Birch Bayh.

Shoq: RT @Strwbrry_Blonde: .@cody_k @Shoq Tim/Luke Russert are the Birch/Evan Bayh of television.

natthedem: YES. THIS –> RT @Strwbrry_Blonde Tim/Luke Russert are the Birch/Evan Bayh of television.

lybberty: RT @tobyharnden Simon Schama on CNN: Bayh a "contemptible coward" for leaving Senate, in contrast to father Birch who had "balls of steel"

caregiver55: RT @stevebeste: RT @tobyharnden: Simon Schama on CNN: Evan Bayh a "contemptible coward" 4 leaving Sen, in contrast to father Birch who had "balls of steel"

lybberty: RT @tobyharnden: Simon Schama on CNN: Evan Bayh a "contemptible coward" for leaving Senate, in contrast to father Birch who had "balls of steel"

stevebeste: RT @tobyharnden: Simon Schama on CNN: Evan Bayh a "contemptible coward" 4 leaving Sen, in contrast to father Birch who had "balls of steel"

Birch Bayh Blog Results

Evan Bayh: An 'Empty suit' with a Pretty Face: Son Besmirched His …
Birch Bayh built such a legacy in Indiana, serving first as Democratic state representative for eight years and then as Speaker of the Indiana House. From there, he captured the U.S. Senate seat in 1962 and served for three … Read more

FREE RADICAL: Breaking News: Reagan Calls Medicare Socialism!
The yes votes came from the likes of Bobby and Ted Kennedy, Gene McCarthy, Walter Mondale, Birch Bayh and George McGovern. The nays came from the likes of Strom Thurmond. There was some support from moderate Republicans like Jacob … Read more
Matthew Yglesias » Birch Bayh
Bayh has always been shall we say a frustrating sort. Never a profile in courage. His father was a senator too, the much more liberal Birch Bayh. Birch lost in 1980 to Dan Quayle in the big Reagan sweep, and Evan surely must have seen …Read more
Obligatory: Bye, Bye Mr. Evan Bayh Pie Song
Should he run for Governor in 2012 (as every Democrat I talk to seems to take as an article of faith), a Hoosier would have had to have been 50 to have voted for Birch Bayh. They would have had to have been 38 to have voted for Bayh the … Read more

Not his father's son
It was 30 years ago that Bayh, then a 24-year-old law school student, helped run the re-election campaign of his father, Senator Birch Bayh. An unrepentant liberal with national aspirations (he’d run for president in 1976), … Read more

Birch Bayh Revisited
Five years ago this month, I had the chance to speak over the phone with Birch Bayh, the father of retiring Democratic Senator Evan Bayh and a former Democratic Senator in his own right. The elder Bayh was a progressive lion and a … Read more