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Miss Marple has this right again. Patience, everyone...

There IS an ONGOING investigation here. The SD and US attorney general are working on this. The FBI has at least 30 agents working on the SD fraud. They have already produced THREE indictments.

It is NOT the place of a candidate to investigate fraud, it is LE's. Thune has done the best he can. He is almost certain to take D'assoles seat in 2004, in fact it is unlikely he will even be challenged for it. This is a minor hiatus for a good Republican, and his graceful behavior is the right thing to do for the long haul. SD Republicans will reward him for it.

One of the major reasons he lost to begin with is that over 20,000 republicans (who voted for other R candidates) voted for Johnson in an effort to maintain a "majority" senator. That dumb move backfired. They won't have that dumb excuse in '04...

The political landscape can change immensely in two years. Thune is not a lock in '04. Do you think the reservations are going to change their voting pattern in '04? If you think that Johnson mobilized the reservations, what do you think they'll do for Daschle?

He is almost certain to take D'assoles seat in 2004, in fact it is unlikely he will even be challenged for it.

Yes, then spend the next 2 years raising up another Repub candidate to unseat Mr. Fraud - Johnson. We get 2 for the price of 1!