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To: LindyBill who wrote (37270)	3/31/2004 3:29:21 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793968

This is exactly the kind of blog I love. Devoted to one Senate race. Daschle v. Thune Blog Hotline: Daschle Can't Buy a Break By Bob Smith This is currently the top story in The Hotline: One of the tightest Senate races in the nation appears to be getting even tighter. Lakota Journal publisher Tim Giago plans to drop his primary challenge to Sen. Min. Leader Tom Daschle for an independent bid for SD SEN this fall. Any indie bid is a potential difference-maker in this race. In '02, the Libertarian dropped out of the race before the election but still garnered over 3,000 votes in a race decided by just 528. But Giago, who plans to focus on Native American issues, poses an even greater threat to Daschle among a reliably Dem voting bloc. Since bypassing the presidential race in favor of a re-election bid, Dashle can't seem to buy a break. His heavy TV adverstising last year was unable to keep John Thune out of the race. GOP money is flowing into the state on behalf of Thune, and he nabbed one of the premier GOP campaign managers in the nation. And with John Kerry rushing to bolster his own coffers, SEN candidates are left largely on their own. Then again, isn't that just how Daschle likes it? UPI has more. Wall Street Journal: Daschle's New Wave of Obstruction Hurting Him in SD By Bob Smith From today's Opinionjournal.com: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle has declared that henceforth all of President Bush's executive and judicial nominations will be held hostage unless the White House meets his demands. First on his list is a Bush pledge that the White House won't make any more recess appointments. In addition, Mr. Daschle is demanding that the president approve a list of pending Democratic nominees to seats on federal agencies where Democrats are entitled to minority representation. "They have broken the process, and we want to fix it," he said in declaring that Democrats will now filibuster all nominees regardless of whether they are controversial until the White House bows to Mr. Daschle's demands. Mr. Daschle has the troops to make his threats stick, but the tactic does carry political risk for him. He's running for re-election this year in South Dakota, a strong Bush state, and the $5 million he's already spent on TV ads since last July have failed to raise his support numbers above 50%. Should Mr. Daschle further cement his reputation as an obstructionist, some South Dakotans may start to wonder if he will be effective in getting things done for the state. Rep. John Thune, Mr. Daschle's GOP opponent, is already pounding home the Minority Leader's failure to pass an energy bill that would have benefited the state last year.