Time magazine has an interesting piece on how, two months ago, Tom Daschle was "under fire" from Senate Democrats. The piece is headlined "Ready To Mix It Up." It appears that Tom Daschle has been told to lead or get out of the way. Excerpt:
In a private meeting with Senators on Jan. 20, Daschle warned it was time to "put the past behind us. If we don't hang together, we'll hang separately." He has hired Phil Schiliro, an aggressive and seasoned House Democratic operative, to craft a more combative legislative strategy. Instead of going along with bipartisan compromises, the plan is to introduce more "message" legislation to rally the Democrats' base and force Republicans into unpopular votes.
The problem is, Daschle can't "rally the Democrats' base" while simultaneously boasting about voting with President Bush 75 percent of the time. The only way he can get away with doing so is if the Argus Leader refuses to report the schizoid political behavior of Tom Daschle. And given the AL's track record, that's a likely possibility.
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