[anonymous_user]

Good news? Bad news? No news? Your comments are welcome.

[William McKinley]

Good news.

[martin_fierro]

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[So Cal Rocket]

Good news... he's going to run against Deeply Saddened Tom Daschle.

[The_Victor]

TDIDS

[TheBigB]

Both. Herseth is almost certain to pick up the House seat.

[arkfreepdom]

You have to admire this guys guts. He is giving up a sure thing and may run against dasshole. He probably feels like he owes little tom a whipping.

[AZPubbie]

Since Thune's got a spokesman, he's decided to run for something. He'll challenge Daschle. Bank on it.

[Pubbie]

The *Ping* of Pings *Ping*!

Uber *Ping*!

[Heatseeker]

Bad news - Stephanie Herseth is now the prohibitive favorite and the House races are more crucial, IMO, since we are sure to make Senate gains in the south.

Worse, Herseth is a far-left liberal.

[ImpBill]

Not the best of news. I am a South Dakotan and I don't think John can beat Daschle. I don't have a clue who the GOP might get to run for the seat vacated by Bill Janklow, but I doubt he/she will be able to beat Herseth at this juncture. So I am thinking, most unfortunately, we will have all 3 seats taken by Democrats. Time to move elsewhere.

[jagrmeister]

I'm getting tired of Thune's waiting game. My impression, which I base on nothing but speculation and some evidence, is that while the White House courted Thune to run against Johnson in 2002 (this is true), they were dissapointed with his candidacy (speculation). The White House has not been as encouraging this time around (this has also been reported) and so Thune is biding his time to remind the White House how important he is to boosting the GOP majority in the Senate and get them to assure support for his impending candidacy (speculation).

[Clintonfatigued]

THE END OF THE YEAR? Good grief! There comes a time when you have to dump or get off the toilet! What is Thune doing? Is he negotiating for prime committee assignments?