[Dudoight]

Daschle's defeat would be a gift from heaven. He would no doubt stay in Washington with support from his lobbier wife.

[Redbob]

"The last time a Senate leader of either party went down to defeat in his home state was in 1952,..."

While this is true, strictly speaking, there should at least be an asterisk to indicate that, in '94 neophyte politician Dr. Bill Frist defeated fellow Tennessean Sen. Jim Sasser, who would have become the Senate Majority Leader if elected - and if the Dims had managed to maintain their majority!

[jmaroneps37]

Another reason why dash hole is in trouble is that South Dakotans like to bet red and black. The are a small state that finds they do best with Washington by have a least one representative from each party. The rat victory last week means that they now have an all rat line up. dash hole himself testified as a character witness for Janklow in hopes that he would win and stay in office. In a close race, in a presidential election year, yes dash hole could be in mortal danger.

[shrinkermd]

SD has a lot of old, retired farmers double dipping on farm price and other supports as well as Social Security. Don't bet on them turning on D.

[Condor51]

Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson (D- Tex.), for example, would never have opposed Senate Republican Leader Robert Taft in Ohio.

Yeah, only because LBJ was too busy with his lust for money and power, and plotting the overthrow of the government₁.

#1: semi-sarcasm

[solo gringo]

Vote for Thune for senator from S/D I can count on one finger the only good democrat and it is not Daschle.

[votelife]

Statement of Speaker of the House J. Dennis HastertRegarding Senator Daschle's Comments on the War
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/867873/posts