And we lived to see it.
The Associated Press reports that Daschle will visit next month to thank his supporters. He "continues to live," the AP notes, in the D.C. area. Inspite of having a little fun at his expense, I never thought that there was much substance to the residency issue. U.S. Senators tend to live in D.C. What did you expect?
The issue was important only in so far as it highlighted one of Daschle's problems. Midwestern states often have a distrust for anything that is too big or from far away: corporate pig farrms, Wal Mart. When someone from here becomes too big, he has a harder time holding on to his constituency. This may be unfair or even irrational, but that's politics.
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