It’s John Kerry’s fault Tom Daschle lost the election. Don’t take it from me. Take it from Daschle himself. That’s what he said at an event in Vermillion Tuesday. ...
Daschle’s stated logic goes like this: Because Kerry conceded the Rushmore state, that left Bush with a 20-plus point top-of-the-ticket advantage. It is an awfully tall order for a down-ticket candidate to bridge that big of a gap with crossover voters.
This is, of course, absurd. If Daschle wanted a boost from Kerry, he wouldn’t have run TV ads showing himself hugging George W. ...
But here’s the new central question: Does Daschle really believe that Kerry campaign swings through Aberdeen and Deadwood would have led to a different outcome in the Senate race?
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