Did you know the Corn Palace in Mitchell is unsecure? That's the excuse Senator Daschle is using to avoid a debate before a live audience in Mitchell, according to an editorial in the Mitchell Daily Republic headlined "Daschle avoids Palace debate." Excerpt:
There won’t be a Daschle/Thune debate at the Corn Palace after all.Instead, the Oct. 18 debate will stay at the KSFY studio in Sioux Falls as originally planned.
Although there was initial support for the idea, the Daschle camp resisted, saying it was concerned about security and crowd control. Those concerns were echoed by the television sponsors.
The Aug. 18 Dakotafest debate was before a live audience, and even though Daschle had what seemed like all of his 100 staffers there to cheer him on, there were far more Thune supporters who just wandered in without being contacted by the Thune campaign. It's likely that would have happened again in the Corn Palace, so it seems Daschle is afraid to face a live audience when his record is effectively being questioned.
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