Thune vs. Daschle

[ringmastery]

Is Daschle in serious trouble? Who will be the minority/majority leader if he gets booted? He's been a joke as minority leader. I really wouldn't mind if he was taken out. He has no spine. What happened with the medicare bill in the senate was disgraceful.

[goobergunch]

1. I'm not thrilled with Daschle's job either

However, we cannot afford to lose any Senate seats.

[IrateCitizen]

2. Thune lost to Gary Johnson in 2002

They've brought him back against Daschle. I think that he won't come as close to winning this time, with 9/11 not being right in the forefront of the voters' minds.

I don't care much for Daschle's performance as Senate Leader, but we definitely can't afford to lose his seat, either. Thune would be 100 times worse.

[Cocoa]

3. bad day in the stock market today?

just kidding.

I think Daschle's ok, though he gets a lot of crap here.

I blame the republicans for the medicare travesty and all the other crap, I don't blame Daschle or the other easy dem targets. Let Rush and the other RWers attack Daschle, we should be attacking the real enemy.

[prolesunited]

4. So, what's your point?

People should vote for Thune?

[Guaranteed]

5. You saw the CNN report.

Like Thune said, Daschle seems pretty confident that he's going to win this.

[mlawson]

6. Again, we need a Leader with a safe Senate seat.

If Daschle is going to remain in that post, and yet have to run for re-election every 6 years, he will never improve.

Why, WHY, isn't Teddy Kennedy Minority Leader???

[Yupster]

11. Daschle beat

Christopher Dodd of Connecticutt for the leadership post originally.

[sasquatch]

7. What difference does it make?

Has Daschle ever stood up for Democratic policies the majority of the time? No. Hell my moderate Republican Senator Voinovich has a better Dem voting record than Daschle.

[Cocoa]

8. Estrada and the other judges

that's one BIG difference it makes.


link to your claim about Daschle vs. Voinovich? Or is it a lie?

[sasquatch]

10. Voinovich was against * last tax cut and Daschle wasn't

Voinivich was against further economic deregulation and was for it.

[Cocoa]

12. that's it?

based on the tax cut vote and the vague "economic deregulation", you say that Voinovich has more of a democratic voting record than Daschle?

You're standing by your implausible assertion that Voinovich voted with the dems more than Daschle did?

[hatrack]

9. Sioux Falls Argus-Leader had poll numbers today

Daschle 50 - Thune 44.

Still very early, though.