Just weeks after announcing the creation of an exploratory committee, Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh dropped out of the race. Having decided that he’s too much of a long shot, he’s now trying to find other ways to be an influential voice for the centrists in the party and may just be angling already to be Hillary Clinton’s choice for VP. There’s also speculation that the popular former two term governor may leave the senate to take another shot at being the state’s chief executive. The state could certainly use a popular democrat right now to try to undo some of the damage that Mitch Daniels has done or to even just stop him from selling off the rest of the state’s assets and outsourcing its workers.