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August 01, 2008 11:27 AM

ABC News' Matt Jaffe and Rick Klein report: Type ObamaBayh08.com into your web browser. Where do you think it'll take you? Go ahead, do it.

Bet you didn't expect to suddenly be staring at the Democratic National Committee's official website.

Veepbeat_generic_blog_2 Hmm. What about other potential running mates? Let's try ObamaKaine08.com. Nope, doesn't take you to the DNC site.

Maybe ObamaBiden08.com? Nothing doing.

ObamaSebelius08.com? Strike three.

So, in the midst of the current vice-presidential speculation, is it possible that we may have just stumbled upon a clue that Barack Obama's eventual Democratic running mate in 2008 will be none other than Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh?

Bayh, of course, is rumored to be one of the leading contenders for Obama's vice-presidential slot. So is this an unexpected Internet hint about the hotly-debated missing half of Obama's ticket? 

Not so fast, warns a DNC official, who says that the connection is simply the result of someone out in Internet land buying the domain name and directing it to the DNC site. Let there be no doubt: ObamaBayh08.com is in no way an official DNC site.

Oh well, it would've been too easy. But if nothing else, fodder for the rumor mill...

August 1, 2008 in Kucinich, Dennis, Romney, Mitt, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (76)

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Is Bayh foolish enough to do that?

Posted by: geevill | Aug 1, 2008 11:34:52 AM

why not contact the guy who registered the site in 2007. joechan24@yahoo.com

Posted by: geevill | Aug 1, 2008 11:37:13 AM

Sorry, but 30 seconds of investigative reporting work would have debunked this. Check out who registered the domain and when.

Registrant:
joe chan
1156 commonwealth ave
apt 47
allston, Massachusetts 02134
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: OBAMABAYH08.COM
Created on: 06-May-07
Expires on: 06-May-09
Last Updated on: 22-Feb-08

Posted by: Riley | Aug 1, 2008 11:37:32 AM

Evan Bayh would be a good choice and one that John Kerry would be running for re-election with right now.

Posted by: Original Pechanga | Aug 1, 2008 11:45:31 AM

Does Evan Bayh have the same radical beliefs?
Barack Obama was on the cover of Trumpet magazine (produced by his longtime pastor, Rev. Wright) along with Rev. Wright and Louis Farrakhan some time back. The magazine reads that America was guilty of genocide in Africa, condemns the 4th of July, rejects American patriotism, says that America is a “diaspora” for blacks etc., etc. etc. Obama never saw or read a copy of the magazine “with his picture on the cover” and no one gave him a copy of the magazine with his picture on the cover to see or read. He knows nothing about the philosophy of his church that he attended for some 20 years. He was “shocked” to learn pastor’s political radicalism.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=64260

Posted by: Mike | Aug 1, 2008 11:45:49 AM

I hope it not Evan Bayh. I don't see what votes he brings to the ticket.

Posted by: Vanessa | Aug 1, 2008 11:46:09 AM

Matt Jaffee and Tim Klein, you guys are good reporters, and I would have thought you had done your research before posting your blog entry.

Your most recent blog entry has already been written -- almost verbatim. Its old news…

check it out: http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=07&year=2008&base_name=obamabayh

Posted by: MikeD | Aug 1, 2008 12:03:57 PM

Way to rip off Wonkette with this story. They published the same story back on June 25th.

Posted by: Liz | Aug 1, 2008 12:04:34 PM

so bayh is going to become the attakc dog he is going to need in the next three months as this gets nasty?

can you say...here come the gaffes.

I love that people complain that Biden would go put his foot in his mouth with gaffes when he is kind of innocuated from it isn't he...kind of like McCain.

Biden gaffes because he is always the one fighting for stuff.

Can you imagine what is going to happen if he picks a candidate like Bayh and/or Sebelius and/or Kaine...

and as we see this election is about to get messy...

a candidate who is not use to talking all the time and fighting and attacking and all the rest...starts doing that...here come the gaffes...

and if Biden gaffed ...what would happen...like McCain we would chalk it up to the "guy who gaffes" and he would be taken to task and then he would get back to work and be able to easily get through the dealing with the gaffe fallout...

now imagine the first time Bayh gaffes... tell me the news cycle isn't going to be 10x as long.

This is stupid... Bayh said some not so nice things about obama...you know when he picked a side.

Biden has shown for months that he gets things done...he seems to be literally the only one in congress that gets things done lately.
so yeah he could stay there and get things done...or as a number of people have said now be the VP and liasion/working branch that gets the things through congress...and makes the country feel something familair as obama is trying to make these changes.

This is the stupidest decision process ever if he doesn't pick Biden ...

I think they learned atleast that Kaine would be atrocious.

But mark my words...you heard it here first...he needs an attack dog...so if he picks Bayh...

ooohhh the gaffes that will come when Bayh has to act like something he is not.

and the reaction that will be ugh...

Not to mention a sure win in the debates vs. a maybe win in the debates.

and assurances with blue collar voters...

again this is all just stupid...one selection hands him an overwhelming difference in how people view his judgement.

and then pick Clinton as Sec of Sate or announce how she is an integral part of the team with Edwards as AG...

a team of rivals.

Posted by: dl | Aug 1, 2008 12:04:44 PM

Posted by: Liz | Aug 1, 2008 12:05:29 PM

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Posted by: will | Aug 1, 2008 12:29:46 PM

I had a sneaking suspicion. I have a Google Alert set up on Bayh and it's had an insane amount of activity over the past two weeks. I would be surprised. He's a Hillary go through-and-through. We know she's set to make her comeback in 2012 so this leaves me scratching my head.

Posted by: Lucy | Aug 1, 2008 1:10:50 PM

Breaking: ABC not aware of all internet traditions

Posted by: Walter Sobchak | Aug 1, 2008 1:13:59 PM

Bayh supported Hillary in the primary and voted for the Iraq war resolution in 2002. He is nearly the antithesis of what Obama's campaign during the primary. Except for that tiny issue as an Obama problem, he is a good choice for the DNC. He has alot more experience and seems more stable than Obama.

Posted by: Jane | Aug 1, 2008 1:24:56 PM

I was so pissed off when Obama used the racist thing against Hillary. She never said anything even slightly racist, and he used the left-wing press to make her out as some kind of Grand Dragon of the KKK. My mom predicted that he’d use the same strategy against McCain, and I said no, his campaign wasn’t that stupid. They’d attack him on his age, etc. but they wouldn’t go the racist route. It would be too stupid. I guess I learned my lesson – Big Mama’s always right!

Posted by: Peggy Burris, Southern Illinois | Aug 1, 2008 1:25:14 PM

I really hope it's Evan Bayh. Obama needs someone with executive and foreign policy experience, looks good with him, and can play well to voters in the Rust Belt and older white voters.

Bayh fits all these criteria and was born to be Vice President. And he is not, I repeat NOT, a conservative Democrat. He is a centrist much in the tradition of the Bill Clinton and Al Gore of 1992.

And he isn't really boring or bland, but just appears that way when compared side-by-side with Barack Obama.

Obama doesn't need an attack dog. He needs someone who is expericenced in good governance.

Posted by: Jake S | Aug 1, 2008 1:25:30 PM

I'm from Edwardsville, Illinois, and I'm very familiar with Evan Bayh. He's popular, and a good governor. However, having him on the ticket will not convince me to vote for Obama. This will be my first time ever not voting for the Democratic nominee for President. I'm proud to say that I did NOT vote for Nixon, Reagon, Bush 1 or the idiot currently in office. I've ALWAYS voted for the Democrat. I just can't vote for Obama. I was going to sit out the election, but since it looks like it's gonig to be close, I'm going to hold my nose and vote for McCain. I may throw up afterwards, but I'm going to do it. The alternative is a black racist who has the gall to lecture the rest of the country on our own racism. And to top that off, he accuses the McCain campaign of being racists BEFORE they even did or said anything racist. Isn't this the kind of crap he pulled with Clinton?

Posted by: JanBrad | Aug 1, 2008 1:33:55 PM

if hillary is disrespected again, and some dumb white guy is chosen, im voting mccain.

Posted by: ron | Aug 1, 2008 1:41:39 PM

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