Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota, Tom Daschle's close friend in the Senate, is now attacking the DME railroad project on behalf of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and insulting South Dakota. He says in Fortune that "The railroad will enter Rochester over my dead body" and that "The Mayo Clinic is worth a hell of a lot more than the whole state of South Dakota."
Will the Mayo Clinic's new board member, Tom Daschle, speak out against Dayton's attack on South Dakota, the largest project in South Dakota's history, or side with his new friends at the Mayo Clinic? Does Daschle think Mayo is "worth a hell of a lot more" than his state of South Dakota like Senator Dayton does?
UPDATE: Powerline doesn't think much of Senator Dayton:
Over those five years, Dayton used his Christmas cards to discuss the dissolution of his two marriages, his entry into rehabilitation for alcoholism, and related therapy issues. He does not appear to be a fellow who is dealing from a full deck.
He himself has never worked in the private sector and has spent most of his adult life in politics. As a subject, Dayton is Minnesota's contribution to the psychiatric profession.
On Wednesday Dayton held a telephone press conference to announce that he would boycot Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi's speech to Congress yesterday: "Dayton will boycott Iraqi premier's speech."
Also, the Washington Post discusses Dayton in this article entitled "The Rev. Moon Honored at Hill Reception":
More than a dozen lawmakers attended a congressional reception this year honoring the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in which Moon declared himself the Messiah and said his teachings have helped Hitler and Stalin be "reborn as new persons."
Among the more than 300 people who attended all or part of the March ceremony was Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.), who now says he simply was honoring a constituent receiving a peace award and did not know Moon would be there. "We fell victim to it; we were duped," Dayton spokeswoman Chris Lisi said yesterday.
But a key organizer -- Archbishop George A. Stallings Jr., pastor of the Imani Temple, an independent African American Catholic congregation in Northeast Washington -- said Moon's prominent role should have surprised no one.
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