We have gained so much since we got rid of Daschle and the democrats controlling congress as if it were 90 democrats to 10 republicans even when they only had 1 or 2 senators more than republicans
We are free of Daschle because someone lit a fire under the SD GOP and convinced them that they had to challenge the "unbeatable" Daschle with a *real* candidate, running a hard campaign -- a real campaign.
And now they're doing it again with Congressman Stephanie Herseth -- they are basically letting her have the seat this year, and she is going to be totally entrenched because of their stupidity in this regard.
The SD story is a perfect example of why we should never give up on a single Senate seat -- not one. We should always make the Dummycrats work for every seat. Sure, they're going to win in NY and CA -- big deal. Let's make sure they have to spend themselves into the ground to do it.
Let's force ND's GOP to get off their duff and put up serious challenges to that all-Dem Congressional delegation. Let's make MT's GOP put up a serious challenger against Baucus. Etc...
If there is one duty that people living in red states have, it is to make sure that they each send two GOP senators to Washington. If there is one duty that blue state Republicans have, it is to make the Dims keep their money in blue states.