Changes

!Pros

!Pros

!Cons

!Cons

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|[[Evan Bayh]]

|[[Evan Bayh]]

|Democratic base sees Bayh's retirement from the Senate as "a symbol of what's wrong with the party" as moderates are increasingly marginalized. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/15/evan-bayh-for-president-s_n_463202.html?view=screen]

|Democratic base sees Bayh's retirement from the Senate as "a symbol of what's wrong with the party" as moderates are increasingly marginalized. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/15/evan-bayh-for-president-s_n_463202.html?view=screen]

|Lags behind Obama in fundraising. [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003762&cycle=2010]

|Lags behind Obama in fundraising. [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003762&cycle=2010]

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|[[Hillary Clinton]]

|[[Hillary Clinton]]

|Kennedy and Reid can't stop her now, and she would be 71 if she waited until 2016; highest approval ratings of any potential challenger.<ref>[http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2010/58_view_hillary_clinton_favorably 58% View Hillary Clinton Favorably], January 19, 2010.  Retrieved February 15, 2010.</ref>

|Kennedy and Reid can't stop her now, and she would be 71 if she waited until 2016; highest approval ratings of any potential challenger.<ref>[http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2010/58_view_hillary_clinton_favorably 58% View Hillary Clinton Favorably], January 19, 2010.  Retrieved February 15, 2010.</ref>

|Her [[feminism]] is not wanted and she'd lose as [[Martha Coakley]] did

|Her [[feminism]] is not wanted and she'd lose as [[Martha Coakley]] did

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|[[Barack Obama]]

|[[Barack Obama]]

|He's not Hillary Clinton, and he receives biased support from the media

|He's not Hillary Clinton, and he receives biased support from the media

|He depends on a teleprompter to speak, and has run the nation into the ground

|He depends on a teleprompter to speak, and has run the nation into the ground

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