[jwalburg]

you cannot take credit for something you voted against

In an election year you can.

[OXENinFLA]

Ping.............

[OXENinFLA]

Oh, sorry I forgot to add..............WOE THE DAY!!!!

[NonValueAdded]

Ask Daschle if he'd like to take credit for joining Sen. Kerry in attempting to strip $5 Billion out of intelligence for the 1994 - 1998 time period, freezing their budget during that critical period. And that was only part of the evisceration of defense programs contained in that bill. Ask Daschle why he was one of only 9 of the most liberal senators to support that bill that even their own party could not stomach. Deficit Reduction Act of 1994 S.1826 (the 103rd Congress)

[anonymous_user]

Daschle's campaign staff said there's no reason to yank the commercial...

Running on the truth wouldn't be a successful Daschle campaign strategy.

[ozzymandus]

I sincerely hope the good citizens of South Dakota go to the polls and throw Daschle out of office.

[mcg1969]

OK I know I'm gonna get pounded for this. But I promise, I'm not a DU'er, just check my post history :-)

But if there is a bill that you would prefer to vote against due to its overall content; but you know that it's likely to pass anyway; woudln't it be an reasonable political move to attach an amendment to the bill that you'd like to see go through?

Let's take California Republican Tom McClintock, for example---someone who has voted against every California budget since he has been in office (and for good reason). Should he prevented from introducing favorable amendments to those very budgets, and perhaps even taking credit for doing so later? I think not.

Anyway, look, I think there is ample reason to pound Daschle into the metaphorical ground and get Thune in office. And yeah, I imagine the GOP might be scoring a political point or two among those not sophisticated enough to think this one through. But when I look at it, I see a pretty reasonable political move in this case.