[Pubbie]

Yeah but Foley was Speaker of the House - Daschle is just Minority leader.

If he were Majority leader, then he would be very hard to beat.

I wonder if Daschle will retire? Supposedly the Democrats in DC have been saying that Daschle's heart isn't in running for reelection.

[ForOurFuture]

I wonder if Daschle will retire? Supposedly the Democrats in DC have been saying that Daschle's heart isn't in running for reelection.

That is not the impression I received from his recent Booknotes interview on C-SPAN. He seemed energized and feisty enough to want to run again. When pressed he didn't even rule out a run for President in the future.