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Based on this article, Republicans should be jumping for joy after Sen. Evan Bayh’s surprise retirement announcement. Here’s what they should be celebrating:

Hoosier politics took an unexpected turn Monday night when Democratic Senate candidate Tamyra d’Ippolito accused the White House of conspiring with party officials to secretly draft Rep. Baron Hill to run against her.

As the only other Democrat in the field, d’Ippolito became the presumptive front-runner for the Democratic nomination when Sen. Evan Bayh announced Monday that he would not seek re-election. Indiana Senate candidates must collect 4,500 signatures to appear on the ballot, including 500 from each of the state’s nine congressional districts.

As of 9:30 p.m. Monday d’Ippolito told The Daily Caller she was 1,000 signatures short and had volunteers across the state planning to work through the night to accomplish the goal before the noon deadline on Tuesday.

However, d’Ippolito said she was informed Monday that Hill, a blue dog who represents Indiana’s 9th District in the House, already has the necessary signatures and is sitting on them until the deadline. She accused White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel of colluding with Hill and the Democratic party county chairs to secretly supplant her as the nominee.

“I can’t confirm so I’m working feverishly to find out if this is the deal. If it is, there’s something unethical going on in Indiana politics,” d’Ippolito said. She then referenced Emanuel’s Jan. 9 appearance at a fundraiser for Hill in Bloomington and accused the president’s top political aide of playing kingmaker during that visit.

I don’t know if Rahm is colluding with Baron Hill or not but just the thought of Baron Hill being the endorsed Democratic candidate opposite Dan Coats should have every majority-loving Republican smiling brightly. Getting Hill would be proof that there is a God in Heaven. Then again, getting Ms. d’Ippolito would be proof of that, too.

God, I love it when the Democrats’ plans fall apart.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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