Daschle May Run For Prez
by KevinMarch 13th, 2006
And I think I speak for millions of Democrats when I ask: why would he do this?
former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, accusing the GOP of spreading a message of fear, says he is considering a 2008 presidential bid.
“I haven’t ruled anything out or anything in at this point,” Daschle said in an interview Saturday night after a hometown dinner in his honor.
“I’m encouraged by the strong support many people have voiced for my candidacy around the country and in South Dakota. I’ll make a decision at some point later on this year,” he said.
I don’t actually have anything against Daschle. I think he was an effective Minority Leader, considering his handicaps. He came form one of the reddest states in the country, and yet managed to get Jeffords to switch, kept the caucus unified enough to keep several radical justices off the Court, and was ell on his way to getting an Iraq resolution that would have boxed Bush in to a greater degree when Gephardt torpedoed him. He seems a genuinely bright man with good ideas and a real concern for the country. But I don’t understand why he thinks he would be a good candidate? He lost his seat despite, so he cannot argue that he understands how to win in red states. He hasn’t done anything earth shattering in terms of message or party building, so he doesn’t have the kind of claim on the party faithful that say Al Gore or Howard Dean could reasonably make, and he doesn’t have a national profile. I just don’t understand what he thinks he could accomplish, outside of running for Vice President. And his limitations in the presidential primary would be magnified when the eventual winner goes looking for someone to help him or her in the general. I just don’t understand what he thinks he can gain from this kind of run.
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