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Bayh not the guy

WASHINGTON (WISH) - Senator Joe Biden beat out Indiana Senator Evan Bayh for Obama's VP nod. But the Hoosier legislator has a long and distinguished career in both local and national politics.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves as he is introduced by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., before speaking before a panel discussion on national security at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves as he is introduced by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., before speaking before a panel discussion on national security at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

Through bloodlines, headlines, and party lines, Evan Bayh has long seemed fated to vie for the White House.

The campaigns of his father, Birch, put the younger Bayh in the presence of presidents.

"I would have been seven years old. I remember staying up past my bedtime on election night, which was a big deal those days," said Sen. Evan Bayh.

Birch Bayh served the state through three Senate terms and one formal attempt at the Oval Office. The elder's final big-stage effort was also his son's public introduction to the family business.