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News reports as of August 22, 2008, declared him to be [[Barack Obama]]'s choice to run for [[Vice President]].
News reports as of August 22, 2008, declared him to be [[Barack Obama]]'s choice to run for [[Vice President]].
==Record and Political Views==
*'''[[Abortion]]:''' Evan Bayh is a supporter of abortion rights, earning him a 100% rating from [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]]. However, he has taken some moderate stances on the issue, such as voting to ban [[partial birth abortion]]s and voting to notify parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions.
*'''Economy''': As Governor of Indiana, Bayh governed as a [[fiscal conservative]]. He not only signed the largest tax cut in it's state's history, but went eight years with out a single tax increase. He left office with the largest budget surplus in state history. As a Senator however, Bayh's record is more [[liberal]]. He voted against permanent repeal of the death tax, and for raising the capital gains tax. In 2007, he earned a D from the National Taxpayers Union.
*'''Foreign Policy''': In 2002, Bayh voted with the majority of the Senate for the "[[Iraq]] War Resolution" authorizing President [[George W. Bush]] to go to war against Iraq and disarm [[Saddam Hussein]]. However, he is now a critic, saying in 2006:
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"It is clear to just about everyone but the die-hard neoconservatives within this administration that shifting our focus away from [[Osama bin Laden]] to Saddam Hussein was perhaps the biggest strategic blunder in our nation's history. And while we have been preoccupied with Iraq, under this President, [[North Korea]] has gone nuclear and [[Iran]] is on the verge of doing so."
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