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From: LindyBill	10/20/2004 12:33:21 AM
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They Never Learn South Dakota windfall could boost Daschle=The Hill.com= SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - South Dakota voters preoccupied with the question"What have you done for me lately?" were given a lot to think about in Congress this fall. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, engaged in the fight of his political life, managed to shower a remarkable amount of federal largesse on his home state over a period of a few weeks before Congress left town - from drought relief to ethanol tax credits and programs that could boost a local Air Force base. Now, as the Democrat's reelection campaign against former Rep. John Thune (R-S.D.) enters its final, hurried stage, Daschle has the luxury of claiming credit for the projects around the state. While it is Democrats who love to whine that the reason they lose elections is they aren't "dirty and mean" enough, it is Republicans who don't seem to understand how to play hardball. If they did, they would have shut off Daschle's pork spigot at the source, and left him high and dry - and bribeless - in his race against Thune. But once again, the Senate proved it values collegiality over politics - or at least the Republicans there do. Posted by The Daily Pundit

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