[A Citizen Reporter]

"An aide to Mr. Daschle said his office received an increased volume of phone calls after his criticisms last week but did not know whether the callers supported or opposed his stance."

I think this this is the funniest line in the article. "Yeah, all kinds of folks were calling us, but we have NO IDEA WHAT they were saying!" Talk about a political tin ear.....

[Utah Girl]

Oh yeah, the aide has no idea is the phone calls were for or against Daschle's statements. How stupid does he think we are? Everyone in the media raves about how politically astute Daschle is, I've yet to see him be astute about anything, except for Jeffords' defection, and that was a big bribe. Oh, and President Bush's polls just came out, Gallup has him at 81%, I wonder if Daschle saw the polls, and decided discretion was the better part of valor, and backed down.

[Persuasion]

Thought that too ;)