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Democratic Field Narrows

-- Navin -- 12/17/2006

In a surprise announcement on Saturday, Senator Evan Bayh decided to end his presidential bid, only two weeks after he set up a presidential exploratory committee. Just last week in New Hampshire, Bayh stated that global warming and energy independence would be central to his campaign. We are still a full year from having the first "votes" cast in IA (given that it's a caucus it isn't exactly like casting a vote), and already two prominent candidates have dropped out of the Democratic race. This is still the most wide open election in decades, but it will be interesting to see how fast it narrows. And for all the fun that has been made of exploratory committees...apparently some candidates do change their mind in the interim. Sometimes after just two weeks.