Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 9:26 AM


Former Indiana congressman and senator and Ambassador to Germany Dan Coats has entered the Senate race against Indiana's Evan Bayh.  (HT: Chris Cillizza.)  Though he is far behind Bayh in money raised --and Roll Call has a chart of where every Senate candidate stands on fundraising here-- Coats is the sort of conservative who can tap into the Tea Party energy and immediately draw close to Bayh, whose support for Obamacare was decisive throughout 2009.