Denise Ross on Daschle

Denise Ross notes Daschle's trouble finding a phone in Montana and Hildebrand's bitterness:

Of course, what [Daschle] said to the AP Friday was silly, and no doubt it’s an interview he wishes he could get a do-over on. (During a phone interview with a reporter in DC - I think - he said since he was in western Montana, he wasn’t in a position to telephone John Thune and congratulate him. Err, OK.)

And then there’s Hildebrand’s quote to the Washington Post (running in Sunday’s RCJ), in which the Daschle campaign manager says Thune will still have to watch his back. Gracious.