So in this time of populist resentment and political gridlock comes a man to deliver us. His name is Evan Bayh and he is from Indiana … sort of.

His father, Birch Bayh, was a senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. The son served two terms as governor of the state (1989-1997) before moving on to the Senate. He put in 12 years, and his name was routinely included among those of possible presidential candidates. He chose not to run for re-election in 2010 and took a job on K-Street with the McGuireWoods law firm. The work, one assumes, was all indoors and required no heavy lifting. Also, the pay must have been good, since, as the Evansville Courier & Press reports, Bayh and his wife recently bought a four-bedroom home in Georgetown for just under $3 million. The home is described as “an 1820 Federal that was completely renovated with modern amenities.”