“Senator Daschle has asked all third-party groups to stay out and he stands by that request. As Thune has said all along, we don’t have direct control over these groups.” - Daschle alter ego Dan Pfeiffer, as quoted in today's edition of Roll Call, reporting that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is buying TV time in South Dakota.
"Not one group has come in on my behalf. In fact, three outside groups that ran ads in 2002 have specifically stated they'll respect my request - the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters. We are directly responsible for these groups." - Senator Tom Daschle, quoted last month in the Argus Leader.
DVT has more on this issue:
For those non-SD readers, it's difficult to emphasize enough how the Daschle campaign made a HUGE deal out of their valiant efforts to block the outside Democratic attack groups from coming into South Dakota. It was a core element of their run-as-a-victim strategy. Anyway, the depth of Daschle's cynicism was again revealed when The Pledge was quickly abandoned when the pressed the panic button.
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