Daschle finally releases tax returns

The Rapid City Journal's Denise Ross has a report today headlined "Candidates release tax returns." Excerpt:

South Dakota's two major candidates for the U.S. Senate both owe the bulk of their wealth to lobbying.

The $157,626 salary paid to Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., is about one-fifth of the $749,558 his wife, Linda, is paid to lobby for Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Daschle's opponent, former Republican congressman John Thune, earned $452,675 from a spate of lobbying work. His wife, Kimberley, does not work outside the home.

A year ago, the Daschles refused to release their tax returns, as the New York Post's Deborah Orin reported at the time.