Evan Bayh
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"Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III" is an American lawyer and Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic politician who served as the junior United States Senate/U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011. He earlier served as the List of Governors of Indiana/46th Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997.

Bayh first held public office as the Secretary of State of Indiana, elected in 1986. He held the position for only two years before being elected Governor. He left his office after completing two terms and briefly took a job lecturing at Indiana University Bloomington, before being elected to the U.S. Senate seat once held by his father, Birch Bayh.

On February 15, 2010, Bayh announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate in United States elections, 2010/2010. After leaving the Senate, he became a partner with the law and lobbying firm McGuireWoods in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, and also became a senior adviser with Apollo Global Management. He was hired as a Fox News Channel/Fox News contributor in March 2011. In June 2011 he became a messaging adviser for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. On October 27, 2011, it was announced that Berry Plastics Corp. appointed Bayh to its board of directors. Bayh also serves on the board of directors of Marathon Petroleum, the 2011 spin-off from Marathon Oil.

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Our success as a party will largely be determined by how well we do here in the heartland. ... The time has come to be secure about our values. The time has come to lead.

We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

Our success as a party will be determined largely by how well we do here.

A period of introspection is appropriate after a tough political loss, but we've got to move beyond that now.

Our success as a party will in large part be determined by how we do right here in the heartland of America.

Many Americans wonder if we're willing to use force to defend the country even under the most compelling of circumstances, ... The majority of Democrats would answer that question that, yes, there is a right place and a right time. We don't get to have that discussion because many people don't think we have the backbone.

We've got a few voices out there who would be a little bit more on the fringe, ... Unfortunately, too often they define the entire party.

We can do better than the false bravado of 'bring 'em on' — remember that? We can do better than the illusion of 'mission accomplished,' .