The Wall Street Journal reports the following today:
Bill Clinton and singer John Mellencamp will headline a Feb. 9 fund-raising bash expected to raise $2 million for Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, who faces a tough battle against Bush favorite John Thune for his South Dakota seat. The party's Senate campaign committee aims to pad its paltry $2.5 million in cash on hand by using "viral" e-mail solicitations, i.e. messages that they hope recipients will pass on. One donor list that started with 12,000 names has expanded to 95,000, thanks to recipients forwarding it on.
Will the Argus Leader report on this? If they don't, it will be an outrage.
UPDATE: www.opensecrets.org's chart of top industries supporting Tom Daschle contains the following note on how to read the chart:
From this chart, you can get a flavor of which are the top industries giving to this member of Congress. Do the industries match your local economy, or are they more Washington-based? If the latter, your representative may have divided loyalties on issues where the interests of their cash constituents conflict with those of the voters who elected them.
In looking at the top 20 industries supporting Tom Daschle, only two or three arguably match the local economy here in South Dakota. It is clear that Daschle has divided loyalties on issues where the interests of his cash constituents conflict with those of the voters who elected him.
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