[jwalsh07]

I didn't think Thune or Janklow could beat him. I'm not so sure of that anymore. He stepped on it bigtime today. Even the older cowboys ain't gonna be happy with this disgraceful appearance on the eve of war.

[Torie]

I don't see how he can defend filibustering Bush court appointments either really in SD. The problem for Daschle is that he has become too national a Dem, and that is not very helpful when you are out of your zone, and that other zone is becoming more repellant to this rather squishy type as time goes by. There doesn't seem to be much sense of responsibility over on the dark side at present. It seems more akin to opportunistic demogoguery, and rather ineffectual demogoguery at that.