I am at a point where I really can't tell the difference between Evan Bayh and Todd Young, other than the letter next to their respective names. They both have that "too slick to be believed" manner about them; they both appear to have precisely zero principles; and they both have the prototypical politician's resume, by which I mean "lawyer who never practiced law."
Evan Bayh had a daddy who was the governor of IN. He then graduated from law school, joined Barnes & Thornburg and quickly made partner (can't imagine why the biggest law firm in the city, with extensive lobbying business, would want to hire the son of an ex-governor, but I digress). Thereafter, he became IN's governor, then Senator. Then, amazingly, he went to work at McGuire Woods, an even larger law firm than B & T, only located in Washington, D.C. He joined their "government relations" practice group. Huh. Frankly, I think he deserved to lose his last race in IN, as he has been the Eddie Haskel of IN politics long enough.
That crown has now passed to the new Eddie Haskel of IN politics: Todd Young.
Sen. Young has one hauntingly familiar item on his resume: lawyer who never really practiced law. Believe it or not, it is a matter of public record how many cases Todd Young ever appeared in. He earned his law degree in 2006 and appeared in a whopping 11 cases in the ensuing years before going back on the taxpayer's dole.
I will have more thoughts in the future, rest assured.
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