IN-SEN: Bayh reportedly in.

[Brittain33]

Looks like retiring before the 2010 election with a very big campaign account intact was a smart thing to do.

[Brittain33]

Where the hell did Bayh even get all that money before suddenly announcing a campaign?

It's from his 2010 campaign that he abandoned and never gave to anyone else in 2010, 2012, or 2014.

It seemed like a jerk move when he retired, but given that he would have lost in 2010 anyway it sure looks like the right decision.

Is Bayh purposely trolling the Democrats or something?

[Brittain33]

When was the last election that all the toss-up and close Senate races didn't go to the winning party? I see Toomey being like Kay Hagen, someone who is leading or close in the polls until the end but gets pulled under by the wave if Trump collapses.

[Brittain33]

That's a good point about 2010—the Tea Party recruiting failures kept Republicans from sweeping winnable races. But I can't think of any Democrat in 2016 who is a recruitment failure on the scale of Christine O'Donnell or Sharron Angle, or even a Ken Buck. Katie McGinty isn't in their league. Maybe if Alan Grayson won his primary...