To say that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's retirement took the political world by surprise would be a bit of an understatement.
In the days and weeks that have followed, the chaotic picture has become a little more clear: Republicans are likely to nominate Washington lobbyist Dan Coats, and Democrats are set to select Indiana's Eighth Congressional District Representative Brad Ellsworth at a special caucus meeting in mid-May.
Despite these developments, though, most Democrats in Indiana have a lot of questions about what this year's Senate campaign will look like, what it will stand for, and how they can get involved. Today, Hoosiers and members of the liberal blogosphere at-large will have their chance to get some answers.
As I announced earlier this week over at my local digs, Blue Indiana will be hosting Congressman Brad Ellsworth TONIGHT between 7:30 and 8:30pm ET.
Here's how things will work:
- The live-blog thread will stay open all day, and will be bumped as other stories get posted.
- How can you participate? Easy. Just leave a question in the thread.
- Can't be here tonight to interact? No problem! Just leave your question right now, and it will be around this evening when Congressman Ellsworth drops by.
- Not registered with the site? Just click here and you'll be ready to ask your question in seconds.
I'll be monitoring the thread all day, and as with all things I trust that community standards will weed out questions that have no real value. Other than that, I encourage you to forward this post to friends and family and invite them to submit a question. This is a great chance to talk with Brad in a unique setting, and I think we should all take advantage of the opportunity.
You can find out more about Brad's campaign at www.ellsworthforindiana2010.com. Let the questioning begin!