Great scoop from this morning's Roll Call. Daschle apparently wants to run for President:
Daschle, Looking at ’08. An antsy former-Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) is said to be seriously mulling a 2008 White House bid, though his powerhouse lobbyist wife, Linda Daschle, isn’t at all keen on the idea, sources say.
One personal friend of the Daschles told HOH that the Senator is “flattered” that several of his supporters have encouraged him to run and is “thinking about it.” The wife, however, is “not particularly happy about it.”
Another longtime Daschle friend went further to say that Mrs. Daschle is “steadfastly opposed” to her husband running for president, although “lots of people want him to do this.” The friend said he thought it would be “a huge mistake” for Daschle to run but said he believes the former Senate Minority and Majority Leader will do it anyway.
“Hillary will run the table,” the source said, pointing out the millions upon millions of dollars that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has in her 2006 Senate campaign coffers, a ready war chest for ’08, which Daschle, who was toppled in 2004, simply doesn’t — and won’t — have.
Both Daschle loyalists said they doubted Linda would be eager to kick her successful lobbying gig to the curb to slog through an uphill battle of a presidential primary with her husband. Family is another reason. The Daschles’ fourth grandchild, Truman Daschle, was born on Friday.
Steve Hildebrand, a longtime political advisor to Mr. Daschle, told HOH Mrs. Daschle is supportive of whatever her husband wants to do. “The family has said, ‘We’ll support you in any decision,’” he said, adding, “The chance of him running isn’t even great, so I don’t know why this is much of a topic.”
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