Posted on 01/17/2006 3:50:59 PM PST by jazzo
Former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle is weighing the possibility of running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.
"I have received a lot of encouragement," Daschle said in an email today to the Argus Leader.
Daschle didn't rule out the possibility of an official announcement in the near future. But for now, he said, he has no plans to run for national office.
In his email, Daschle said the primary factors in his decision "would be my family and our mutual decision to consider the rigors of a campaign and reentry into public life."
Daschle made similar comments over the weekend to another publication. In a Saturday story in the National Journal, Daschle said he was "taking a look at" entering the race.
Analysts see the 2008 race beginning to take shape, with candidates and possible candidates from both parties hinting more openly about their plans.
Larry Sabato, a political expert at the University of Virginia, said Daschle was not in his latest rankings of likely Democratic candidates because he wasn't convinced Daschle would run.
"I wouldn’t call him the favorite, or even second or third. But it’s early," Sabato said.
It would be kind of nice to see the old familiar faces from the left run one more time: Daschle, Gephart, Gore, Edwards, McCain.
LOL!!! That is great!
President of what, man?
South Dakota?
Can prairie dogs vote?
Already posted
Not sure where...but I thought I would just get it out of the way.
Probably from the airline industry -- they miss being able to pay his wife off in return for goodies from Daschle.
This is a joke, right? It's not? Then why did the headline make me laugh so heartily? ROFL! (I know, I should be deeply saddened, but...)
send in the llama's!
I hope he runs, because he's reponsible for so many hilarious pics and threads on this site :)
"I have received a lot of encouragement,"
LOL!! From who??
Voices in his head.
oh hell yeah- please run Tom, run
but wait! what about BOXER/Hillary in '08!?
Dash for Prez! ROTFALMAO
LOL - my exact reaction!
Bwahahahahahaha. Democrats are too frikking stoopid to know when the doors have hit them in the azz.
Dash for Prez! ROTFALMAO
he won't run, Hillary's goons will scare him off soon enough...
Dash for Prez! ROTFALMAO
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