Dem Sen. Bayh Drops Out Of '08 Race After Obama Frenzy Eclipses Him In NH...

Associated Press Nedra Pickler December 16, 2006 08:40 AM

Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh (news, bio, voting record) of Indiana will not seek the presidency in 2008, saying he believes the odds of a successful run were too great to overcome.

"At the end of the day, I concluded that due to circumstances beyond our control the odds were longer than I felt I could responsibly pursue," Bayh said in a statement Saturday. "This path -- and these long odds -- would have required me to be essentially absent from the Senate for the next year instead of working to help the people of my state and the nation."

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