Daschle to South Dakota: I'm Not Running.
South Dakota to Daschle: And this shocks us because.....?
Before he got on stage to talk about outgoing SDSU President Peggy Miller at her retirement party, Peter Harriman at the Argus Leader is reporting that Daschle confirmed that he's not running for the office of President:
Read the whole story here. What, was this the biggest "no kidding" story of the year? Daschle just came off of a loss, and some of his top strategists (such as Steve Hildebrand) are schmoozing with national Democratic rock stars such as Obama, leaving Tom passed by in the dust.
But, still having some money in his coffers is at least still winning him some kudos from local people (the ones reaping the benefit of his checkbook):
And that's guaranteeed. As long as his checkbook still has money in it.
Daschle confirmed that he decided not to seek the Democratic nomination for
the U.S. presidency in 2008, shortly before taking the stage as the keynote
speaker in a program honoring retiring SDSU president Peggy Gordon Miller.
"I had an opportunity to talk to a lot of friends and supporters around the
country. I was deeply gratified by the level of support.
"But I concluded this is not the time for me to consider running for
the presidency," Daschle said."In large measure it is because I enjoy what I am
doing now. I enjoy private life."
Read the whole story here. What, was this the biggest "no kidding" story of the year? Daschle just came off of a loss, and some of his top strategists (such as Steve Hildebrand) are schmoozing with national Democratic rock stars such as Obama, leaving Tom passed by in the dust.
But, still having some money in his coffers is at least still winning him some kudos from local people (the ones reaping the benefit of his checkbook):
Judy Olson Duhamel, Chairwoman of the South Dakota Democratic Party, said
Daschle will remain a presence on the political stage.
"Senator Daschle has been one of South Dakota's finest statesmen and
leaders," she said. She said he may not be done with politics, and certainly not
with the state party.
"We will never let him fade into the sunset," she said.
And that's guaranteeed. As long as his checkbook still has money in it.
Comments
Thune will never have a record of accomplishment anywhere close to yours.
You can't because Tom Daschle isn't a lobbyist. He has never registered to lobby. He doesn't lobby. He doesn't have any lobbying clients. Those are facts.
The fact of the matter, the only corporate whore lobbyist South Dakota has had is Senator John Thune. He's the one who took hundreds of thousands of dollars from DM&E, deposited them into his personal bank accounts, and then proceeded to insert special legislation in the middle of the night before a vote that grants DM&E the largest federal loan in history. Corporate Whore John Thune didn't think the largest federal loan in the history of the Republic deserved to be debated.
Jeebus. You people are absolutely pathetic. You wouldn't know a corporate whore lobbyist, even though there's one right in front of you.
Thinking that, it is easy to see why he would consider trying this time. But Daschle is no idiot - he eventually realized that it wasn't going to happen in 2008.
Nope!
Not wrong on this!
Right on every count!
(except you missed the part about this being his SECOND wife's job)
It's just them ole sour grapes Dems feelin' bad that they lost ole tommy and his obstructionalist agenda on the national scene.
They are afraid that we might get in another Supreme Court Jusice that simply reads the Constitution as it was written. That would be bad for homosexuals wanting special rights and bad for business and money flow at Planned Parenthood's scrap 'em out and put 'em in the trash or sell them on the open market baby disposal factories.
4:39 - Summed it up.
4:57 - Linda Daschle, remember -- Daschle bailed out American and United for what, billions?
9:45 - Bush should use veto power to save taxpayers.
George McGovern has been a speaker at state events for years and always impresses the croud with a great speech on a timely topic.
The amount of money that Tom Daschle brings to the SDDP pales in comparison to the money in the Governors Club Slush Fund.
I can only assume that you all consider yourselves Christians because you are against abortion and gay marriage. Your the family values camp right. Here is a question: What would Jesus Do? Seriously, did you every see Jesus ridicule or call people names. GROW UP! The Jesus I know would never approve of calling anybody a whore. Think about that when you say I am a Christian...because from your words on this blog you certainly are not acting like Christ.
He never saved Ellsworth, like Thune did. So he called Clinton and got it taken off the list, only for the next brac meeting to roll around so Daschle could swoop in and look like a hero.
Thune got the mission defined and validated by the military. Then he brings in 800 jobs with the AF financial center. Then he gets the most recent mission assigned to Ellsworth. That alone is more than what Tom "string us along" Daschle ever did.
And what about now? Did Daschle every try to bring thousands of rail jobs to our state? No, b/c DME is run by a Republican. Daschle strung us along and took us for granted.
At least Thune fixes problems and creates jobs.