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In the past few primary elections the Tea Party has won some and lost some. Lately it's been more "lost some" than "won some." Several months ago I wrote that the Tea Party was founded on an act of impersonation based on an act of deception. They named themselves and patterned themselves after a bunch of so-called Boston Patriots who decided to rebel over a tax on tea by sneaking aboard a vessel that had received a shipment of tea and dumping the tea into the Boston Harbor. In order to conceal this criminal act from the authorities they dressed...

(Talon News) -- Tim Giago, a Native American activist and newspaper publisher bowed out of South Dakota's senate race on Monday following a weekend meeting with Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD). Giago originally wanted to challenge the incumbent Democrat in the June primary, but later decided to run as an independent so he could stay in the race through November. It was only a few weeks ago that Giago, a member of the Lakota tribe, told Talon News that Daschle phoned him following his announcement and asked, "Do you want to be the Ralph Nader of this race?" Daschle was suggesting...

Giago Drops Out Of Senate Race The South Dakota Senate contest is back to a two-man race. After briefly pursuing running as an independent, the Washington Post is reporting Native American activist Tim Giago is dropping out of the race. Giago is quoted as saying he will now throw his support behind democratic incumbent Senator Tom Daschle. After meeting with Daschle over the weekend, Giago said he felt confident the democrat would address native American issues.

Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) has what some Democrats might call a Ralph Nader problem. The Senate minority leader, who was already facing a tough reelection fight this year, must now contend with a Native American newspaper publisher who has decided to run for Daschle's seat as an independent. Tim Giago, editor and publisher of the Lakota Journal, announced that he is ditching his plans to run in the state's Democratic primary -- where he probably would have been trounced -- and, instead, will challenge Daschle and Republican John Thune in the general election. Giago told the Argus Leader, a newspaper...

(Talon News) -- The Senate race in South Dakota got more complicated Monday with the entry of a third party candidate. Originally, Tim Giago, a member of the Lakota tribe, planned to challenge Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) for the Democratic nomination, but instead has decided to run as an independent in the November election. Giago's candidacy threatens Daschle's already uncertain reelection bid. Giago, the publisher of the Lakota Journal, told Talon News that Daschle phoned him following his announcement and asked, "Do you want to be the Ralph Nader of this race?" Daschle was suggesting that Giago would siphon off...

Tim Giago now plans to run as an independent for the U.S. Senate, a move expected to change the complexion of a South Dakota race full of national implications. Giago, of Rapid City, publisher of the Lakota Journal, had planned to challenge Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle in the June 1 Democratic Party primary, with the winner to face Republican John Thune in November. But Giago said switching his effort to the fall gives him more time to get petitions signed and gives him a greater forum for discussion of Native American issues. "Our issues need to be analyzed, put...

<p>As a bloc, South Dakota's Indians tend to heavily favor the Democrats. In 2002, they provided Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., with enough votes to let him eke out a narrow victory over Republican John Thune. Now that Giago, a newspaper publisher and Oglala Indian, has decided to run as an independent in the general election rather than challenge Daschle in the primary, as previously announced, could alter the landscape in an already nationally significant race.</p>

<p>Tim Giago now plans to run as an independent for the U.S. Senate, a move expected to change the complexion of a South Dakota race full of national implications.</p> <p>Giago, of Rapid City, publisher of the Lakota Journal, had planned to challenge Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle in the June 1 Democratic Party primary, with the winner to face Republican John Thune in November.</p>

American Indian publisher forces Dem primary THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SIOUX FALLS - Tim Giago, a publisher of newspapers for American Indians, said he will run against Sen. Tom Daschle for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination. ''My basic reason for running is that for the past 50 years, the Indian vote on the Indian reservations has been taken for granted in this state,'' said Giago, 69, an Oglala Lakota and editor/publisher of the Lakota Journal in Rapid City and the Pueblo Journal in Albuquerque, N.M. Last month, Lakota Media Inc., owner of both publications, was sold to the Flandreau Santee Sioux...