Posted by
Defend America on Monday, February 15, 2010 7:37:22 PM
Challenger adds to post-Bayh chaos
Updated:
2/15/10 4:48 PM EST
A Bloomington, Ind., restaurant owner who had been running an
obscure and uphill challenge against Sen. Evan Bayh for the Democratic
nomination claimed Monday that she’s just 1,000 signatures short of
qualifying for the ballot.
In an interview with POLITICO, Tamyra D'Ippolito said that after news
broke Monday morning that Bayh was retiring, her campaign contacted
Democratic officials in Indiana to request they help her get the needed
signatures by noon Tuesday — when they must be verified by the state’s
92 country registrars.
It would be something close to a nightmare scenario for Democrats: were
D’Ippolito to qualify for the ballot, she would be the likely nominee
and the party would be left to face the GOP with a political neophyte
who said she is running in part to take on a party establishment she
said practices “sexism with a big S.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32990.html