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Friday. it was sort of the last chance he had to pull ripcord on this. i'm told he had been debating about retiring for months. those close to him -- there's a lot of actually evan bayh alums, of sorts, in the white house. a couple people very close to the president also very close to senator bayh. so they knew for months he had been on the fence about running. this came as a complete surprise on the other side of pennsylvania avenue. a lot didn't see this. you're right. there's no back-up plan. there is a way if no candidate files, no can the at all files the party can pick a no, ma'am flee, ...
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