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'''Birch Evans Bayh III''' (commonly known as Evan Bayh) (born December 26, 1955) has served as the junior U.S. [[Senator]] from [[Indiana]] since 1999 and was Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. Bayh was frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. However, on December 15, 2006, he announced he would not run for President, and went on to endorse Senator [[Hillary Clinton]].

[[Image:Bayh.jpg|right|170px]] '''Birch Evans Bayh III''' (commonly known as Evan Bayh) (born December 26, 1955) has served as the junior U.S. [[Senator]] from [[Indiana]] since 1999 and was Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. Bayh was frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. However, on December 15, 2006, he announced he would not run for President, and went on to endorse Senator [[Hillary Clinton]].

==Record and Political Views==

==Record and Political Views==

*'''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.  

*'''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:

*'''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 war critic.

 

"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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*[http://bayh.senate.gov/ Official Site]

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