Tom Daschle considers bid for president

[Moloch]

Former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle is weighing the possibility of running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

"I have received a lot of encouragement," Daschle said in an email today to the Argus Leader.

Daschle didn't rule out the possibility of an official announcement in the near future. But for now, he said, he has no plans to run for national office.

In his email, Daschle said the primary factors in his decision "would be my family and our mutual decision to consider the rigors of a campaign and reentry into public life."

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/NEWS/60117013

[Jim Sagle]

1. Yeah, he's "received a lot of encouragement" - from Chris Matthews.

Worthless sonofabitch.

[tridim]

2. Hey Tom, your family needs you

Please don't run.

[ECH1969]

"I have received a lot of encouragement"

from the RNC.

[LiberalFighter]

24. I got a nice piece of mail from Liz Dole NRSC Chair...

It is a survey that they want me to fill out and I bet most importantly "please include your most generous contribution to NRSC of $500, $250, $200, $50, or even just $25 today."

THE KICKER TO THIS!!!

During the 2004 Election I signed on to a GOP website and used the following name "Real Name Hates Bush".

Of course real name not included here.

[David Zephyr]

3. Fuck Tom Daschle.

He and his lobby-whoring wife represent the very worst of Washington.

More rightwing leglislation passed through the Senate under Tom's "leadership" than ever has since the Republicans took it over. That's an amazing fact, but true.

[pinerow]

4. Tom...good-bye...and thanks for all the fish...

:woohoo:

[wordpix2]

5. Tom, go to work for Pres. Gore

[rooboy]

6. William Hung received a lot of encouragement too, Tom. n/t

[ruggerson]

25. rofl

Daschle/Hung '08!

On the leadership/inspiration/tough leader scale, Daschle ranks lower than Mr. Rogers.

The scary thing is that this is a man who spent YEARS in public life and has no clue that he comes across as the rather fey illegitimate child of Sandra Dee and Al Franken.

[lapfog_1]

7. Dear Tom, Please don't.

I'm sure there will be a place for you in the new administration. But not on the ticket.

[WI_DEM]

8. Tom might make a good Agriculture or Interior Sec but not President

his leadership in the Senate convinced me of that.

[flamingyouth]

9. Yeah, good luck with that.

:eyes:

[Pithy Cherub]

10. That is just pitiful.

Tom save yourself from being amongst the first to drop out!:eyes:

[davidwparker]

11. take a clue from Gephart and don't run.

[Moloch]

12. He'll do worse than Gep or even Lieberman.

In other words, he'll embarass himself.

I wish he would take a clue from Gephart and retire from politics completely.

[acmejack]

13. Hopefully he considered it very briefly!

Like about a nanosecond or however long a fleeting thought lasts...

[killbotfactory]

14. Oh please do. Pretty pretty please?

:applause:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[hayu_lol]

16. Hey Tom...grab Ben Nelson and the two of you...

go find a landfill to clean up...or something else useful to society.

Don't waste your money getting back into the public trough.

[Carni]

15. I don't think so

No thanks Tom/just a big resounding NO.

[hadrons]

17. proof that the Democrats are co-conspirers w the Repukes

if this happens

[Dr Fate]

18. I like milk and toast , but not Milquetoast. n/t

n/t

[pa28]

19. Daschle is a good man. But . . .

He already had his chance as Senate majority leader.

Based on that feckless performance he's hardly the person to lead us out of the wilderness. Winning in 2008 will require tearing the meat from the bone.

[worldgonekrazy]

23. Well stated!

I don't like that DUers rip on the man mercilessly because I really do believe that he is a "good man." But, I just don't see him being successful or even desirable as the Dem candidate for 2008. The only positive thing that I can say for a potential Daschle candidacy is if he were to somehow win it WOULD be sweet because the Republicans smeared him so hard in 2004.

[jaysunb]

20. Puleeze.....

I've already had a tough weekend in Vegas......

[ruggerson]

21. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

Would you be my

Could you be my

Would you be my.... President?

[silvermachine]

51. Don't insult Fred Rogers that way...

...he had way more guts than Daschle. Tom is a nice guy and means well but he would be a disastrous candidate.

[neverevergivein]

22. I'm saddened. n/t

[gulfcoastliberal]

26. Malarky. nt

[doubleplusgood]

27. Joe-mentum, meet Tom-nertia

[wordpix2]

29. LOL, good one

[fujiyama]

28. Does this really require a serious response?

:rofl:

I suppose every election requires a Gephardt or a Lieberman!

[oregonindy]

30. LOL...go away tom...you only got balls after you left office its easy to

be brave when there are no repercussions

[cosmicdot]

31. .

make it stop!

Tom, as weak as a leader you were, me thinks you were cheated. 51-49% in the age of Rove tactics is awfully suspicious, especially in 2004. The GOP needed to steal a few Senate seats, especially for Federal judicial appointments. Your 'loss' marked the first time in 52 years a party leader has been defeated. Does Mission Accomplished ring any bells? How about Jeff Gannon Guckert?

Long before "Jeff Gannon" became a household pseudonym in the nation's capital, he had earned considerable recognition among the political elites of South Dakota. During that state's closely contested Senate race last year, the Talon News writer -- whose real name is now known to be James Dale Guckert -- dug his claws deep into Tom Daschle, the former Senate minority leader narrowly defeated by Republican John Thune.

Although I sympathize with your loss ... our country is paying dearly for it ... your source of money is curious.


Tom's 2004
PAC Contribution Breakdown


Business
$2,262,515
(67.4%)

Labor
$492,950
(14.7%)

Ideological/Single Issue
$599,537
(17.9%)

67.4% from corporate america?


TOM DASCHLE (D-SD)
Top Contributors 2004

1 Goldman Sachs $144,250
2 Simmons Cooper LLC $111,600
3 Time Warner $88,500
4 Credit Suisse First Boston $69,125
5 Citigroup Inc $57,900
6 Fannie Mae $55,000
7 Baron & Budd $53,440
8 Americans for Responsible Leadership $51,000
9 Walt Disney Co $50,050
10 Viacom Inc $49,250
11 Beasley, Allen et al $45,800
12 WPP Group $45,250
13 Kasowitz, Benson et al $44,000
14 Comcast Corp $36,900
15 E*TRADE Financial Group $36,600
16 Kreindler & Kreindler $35,500
17 AT&T $33,850
18 JP Morgan Chase & Co $33,700
19 Piper Rudnick LLP $31,750
20 Waters & Kraus $30,58

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00004583&cycle=2004

No wonder you were ineffective as a 'Democrat'.

[Robb]

32. President? Of what?

"College? Barber or clown?" :D

[ticapnews]

33. I am also considering a run for the presidency

I have also received a lot of encouragement. In fact, in 1984 I received two votes for president (even though I was in fifth grade) which is roughly the same number Tom would receive if he ran in 2008...
:D

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. I could be the first Puerto Rican vice president, if you'll have

have me as part of the ticket. I think we have a much better chance than Ol' Tommy boy.

[Strawman]

35. And I'm considering a run for tooth fairy

[JusticeForAll]

36. Who?

n/t ;)

[rpannier]

45. You remember Tom

He was the...um...you know...he had that job...standing in the Senate. He was the...um...I think he was...he was something. He did it really poorly too.

[jsamuel]

37. ...

:eyes:

[Horse with no Name]

38. I expected the source to be the Onion

:rofl:

[rpannier]

44. OMG That is soooo f**king funny.

I wish I had thought of it. It sounds like an onion piece.

[Olney Blue]

39. In case you didn't notice Tom- you got Gored yesterday.

[TankLV]

40. Go away tommy. You don't have what it takes - you've already proven that.

Your 15 minutes of fame were overspent.

We don't want you. Ever.

You're useless.

Worse than useless.

Take notes on Harry Reid - he's done more in the first few months he's been leader than you did for your entire career.

[Crunchy Frog]

41. ...

:rofl:

[acmavm]

42. They're all gonna start coming out of the woodwork soon. Regardless

of the fact that they don't have a snowball's chance in Hell.

edit: I don't mean a dem doesn't have a chance, I mean that there are SOME dems that don't have a chance. Biden, Daschle, and Lieberman just to name three.

[DemonFighterLives]

47. You are so right I had to respond

What is it about politics that makes normal ineffective people have illusions of grandeur?
I can't see Tom as a pRes., but I do feel sorry for him for the attempt on his life/scare tactic by dubco. If he wants to do well, he should be on a endless hunt for the Anthrax Killer. Maybe OJ will team up with him and they can look for killers together.

[rpannier]

43. OH GOD!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!

One only need look at the difference between daschle's inept misadventures as the Dems Senate leader and the way a competant leader like Reid handles the job to realize daschle is a REALLY POOR candidate.

[Nomen Tuum]

46. No thanks Tom

You wimped out too many times. I want someone with backbone like Feingold.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

48. Tom: "Fagetaboutit"

[VirginiaDem]

49. These six words make me sleepy...n/t

[AzDar]

50. Yeah. Good luck with that, Tom. n/t

[Hyernel]

52. Did he locate his spine?

....or balls?

[oneoftheboys]

53. Well, I laughed when Bush said the same thing.

So, I'm not sure if I should laugh at this.

[Loonman]

54. NO. FUCKING. WAY.

Daschle is the biggest goddamn milque-toast wimp in the country.

[hyphenate]

55. I wouldn't vote for him

I think he's a spineless coward.