Byron Dorgan appearing on Ed Show at 6 PM.

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FYI.

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1. Tweety just did the lead in -- "his EXCLUSIVE interview with Senator Dorgan" nt

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2. any recap?

I know it repeats later...

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3. For my money....

the only really interesting thing, was when Dorgan predicted drug reimportation would pass in 2010 after all, ascribing its failure this time around not to nefariousness, but a "strange bedfellows" group of No-voters. I very much doubt it will pass, myself.

And it was endearing and moving how Ed kept pleading with him to change his mind and run again, with Dorgan modestly but firmly insisting that he had a right to retire after 40 years of public service.

Dorgan also made the very salient point that he didn't need to fear for his reelection in 2010, as he'd beaten Republicans who'd led him in polls at times in previous years. After all, Dorgan won election to the House in the Reagan landslide years of 1980 (in which year North Dakotans also elected Republican Mark Andrews to the US Senate) and 1984; 1988, when George H. W. Bush trounced Dukakis in North Dakota; to the Senate in 1992 despite the fact that Bill Clinton lost the state; and again in 2004 against the Republican presidential tide. The idea that Dorgan could not survive a tough election year for Democrats is mistaken: he has clearly demonstrated the ability to defeat Republicans in bad years for Democrats, time and time again.

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4. Thanks for the response...Dorgan thinks he'll pass it this year?

That would be great, but I'm obviously missing something...agree there are "strange bedfellows" but they'll still be there when he wants to pass it again.

Dorgan is definitely going to be missed -- I didn't know his election history so that's interesting.

I do really hope he passes this drug reimportation, but maybe my problem is: I just don't understand The Senate Club. At all.