[bushisdamanin04]

Foley was another pro-abort leftist from a conservative district who fooled his voters for years. His two-faced representation finally caught up to him. Foley got what he deserved.

[ProudVet77]

Foley was the typical arrogant Democrap back then. The people in his state voted for term limits, and Foley sued them. Within 5 years these old democrap fools will be gone.
The end of a mess started in the early 30s.

[ScottFromSpokane]

I am proud to be one of those who voted against Tom Foley in 1994.

That was a good night.

[Ben Chad]

DEFOLEYATE WASHINGTON

[crazyhorse691]

I had forgotten all about Foley. I celebrated some then but I am going to add it to the Nov2004 things to celebrate. 10 year anniversary.

[jim35]

"...a political risk that he took and did so, I think, bravely..."

If it was so brave, why did he then always pretend he was so conservative when he went back to SD? He was a hypocrite, and a liberal hack, who lied for a living. I may keep the same tagline, in his "honor," for six more years!

[Ragnar704]

"I think sometimes there's a difficulty in understanding what a state receives from having a majority leader in the Senate or a speaker of the House..." Foley said.

I guess pork barreling doesn't go as far as it used to in the good old days, hey Tom? :)

[68skylark]

Voters either did not appreciate or understand the value of service as party leader.

I guess the writer is saying that red-state voters (like me) are just too stupid to understand complex things like politics. We're too dump to know what's in our own best interests. And if we were smarter, we vote for libs.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[ken5050]

The Senate has a bank? Who knew?

[ozzymandus]

Foley? Yeah I remember him. I also remember him stealing silverware on airplanes. Cool guy.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"If anyone understands Daschle's pain, it is Foley..."

Enough with the pain angle already....will the Dimms ever grow up?

[mombonn]

His 1994 defeat made him the first sitting House speaker since 1862 to lose a bid for re-election. Daschle, D-S.D., was the first party leader in the Senate to lose re-election in more than 50 years.

Message to modeRATS - you're next!

[Keith in Iowa]

Voters either did not appreciate or understand the value of service as party leader, a role that sometimes caused both men to act in ways contrary to their own political survival.

There's his error in judgment. As soon as he put his party before his constituents, he was doomed. Just like Daschle. The people of SD woke up and realized that Daschle was no longer putting them first.

[Tench_Coxe]

Uh, what isn't mentioned is that Tom Foley sued his constituency.

[UnklGene]

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ah yes, that's right. This IS the 10 year anniversary of Tom Foley's defeat at the hands of Nethercutt...

Maybe we shoudl all send Tom Foley sympathy cards bwaaaaahahahahahahahahaha