That's depressing. Daschole is anything BUT an independent. Thune needs to tie him to the liberal Rats like Teddy and Hillary! at the same time he embraces the President while showing his willingness to break with him ONLY when the The best interests of SD are in conflict. South Dakota will have a much better voice with a junior majority party Senator and Bush in office then an all Rat minority delegation. How hard is that to communicate.
I also wish he would focus on judges. I think the voters would be moved if the stories of Pickering, Estrada, Brown, etc were personalized. All good people with SD values being trashed and demonized.
Honestly, if the voters of SD are so selfish that they put the pork of Daschole above the good of the rest of the country they deserve the scorn and ridicule of the entire nation. If they reelect this POS I pledge to continually lobby my Senators to make sure that SD becomes last on the list of federal appropriations. We all should.
Sorry for the rant, I know it's not your fault.
I totally understand. This is now the third Senate campaign I've volunteered in to rid us of the sleaziest self-serving politician we have ever had.
Actually, with the indep. thing I wouldn't go as far as you do regarding the best interest of SD. I told campaign staff that we all need to be reminded that this is not a SD State Senate position being sought. It is the United States of America Senate position. We need some real leadership for our Country, not just our State. What is best for our country on gay marriage, on conservative judges, on ethanol, on continued propping up of certain industries and not others. We've got to be willing to carry our load and sacrifice for our country. My God we are in serious times. Look what our forefathers have done for the good old US of A when they needed to. Gosh, we're just poor stepchildren of those great men and women.
That's all.