Tom Daschle Running for Senate In Maryland or Minnesota???

[displacedyankeedem]

No, I assure you, I'm not being hallucigenic.

MARYLAND RUMOR

This comes to us from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A64660-2005Mar2?language=printer

"There were fragments of strategy. New York's Chuck Schumer leaned in toward Daschle and whispered that Mikulski's fellow senator, Paul Sarbanes, "is really thinking of you, and Maryland . . . " He went inaudible. (Hmmm. A South Dakotan running for senator in the Free State? It worked for a native Illinoisan who moved to New York.) One consultant said to another, "I have a plan for rebranding ourselves in the South. I'll send you a position paper." "

MINNESOTA RUMOR

It gets stranger and stranger still. Apparently, on Wednesday during the Ed Schultz show, the idea was brought up of moving the recently defeated Tom Daschle into Minnesota to run for the seat being vacated by Mark Dayton.

[loro mi dicevano]

1. *blink* *blink* Whaaat? I seriously just said, "Dubya-tee-eff, mate?"

Daschle? Minnesota? Man, I don't even know what to think about that. I love Daschle, but that is a very, very odd thought.

[More Than A Feeling]

5. "Mars is laughing at us, and some giant meteor is like "well, fuck that"

That cartoon is so awesome!

[loro mi dicevano]

6. Fucking kangaroos...

That video rocks. :P

[Frances]

2. I don't think Daschle has a chance of winning the Dem primary

in MD. Too many good Marylanders want the job.

I find it hard to believe that anyone is considering this.

[coloradodem2005]

3. I can hear it now.

'CARPETBAGGER!!!!! CARPETBAGGER!!!!!!!'

[More Than A Feeling]

4. hmmmmm

I just have two questions:

1) Would he come back with new spine?

2) Could he accept being just one of 45 when before he was leader?

[dflprincess]

7. I just don't see this going over well in Minnesota

We have a lot of good DFlers interested in the seat, we don't need to import someone.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Just go away forever Tom.

Buh-bye. You're done. Go hang with the earthworms, jellyfish and slimemolds, where your lack of spine will fit in nicely.

[bilgewaterbill]

9. Nevah happen.

Same reason Kerry won't win the pres primary- the stench of loser is on him.

[paineinthearse]

10. If he carpetbags....

...I hope the rethugs run Alan Keyes.

[Wabbajack]

12. Even the pukes aren't

stupid enough to run Keyes again.

[AntiCoup2K4]

11. Let him run in Delaware or Connecticut

At least there he might be considered an improvement.

[arcos]

13. LOL!

[DemoTex]

14. Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in Maryland.

Air America Radio's Al Franken in Minnesota. Know what I mean, Vern?

[meow2u3]

19. Wouldn't that be nice?

A Kennedy woman in the Senate!

[DaveinMD]

30. no it wouldn't be nice

she is the reason we have a Republican governor. She ran the worst campaign ever. We have brighter lights than her.

[Hippo_Tron]

26. No thanks, she went on a national crusade against dodgeball in schools

I enjoy playing dodgeball.

[CatholicEdHead]

15. Just a wild idea that Ed tossed out

there is no realistic chance that he could be elected in Minnesota in 2006. He is an outsider and like it or not still has lots of mud from the last race. The Republcians would have a field day with him up here, whereas some of our stronger local canidiates have stronger reputations with higher risks to turn the slime machine up too much for the GOP.

Daschle's best chance is to run for Gov of SD or Senator again in the future (maybe a rematch with Thune).

[madison2000]

16. Tell him to come to WI- better Daschle than DINO Kohl

Let Daschle run against Tommy Thompson!

[Geek_Girl]

17. How about Tennessee?

Frist is leaving office and he would have a better shot at the senate here than Harold Ford.

[Obviousman]

18. Losing Daschle in 2004 was one of the only good things

to happen to democrats. Now we have reid, and I wouldn't trade him for anyone. This is foolish, and more proof of how politically incompetent daschle is.

[Pepperbelly]

22. smart move, bud ...

and now we have Thune in the Senate. Does that make you zippity-do-dah fucking happy?

:eyes:

[Obviousman]

29. i know we lost a seat..

but we gained a leader. Daschle wouldn't have had the cajones to fight on social security. A thinning of the heard is what this party needed to wake up.

[Pepperbelly]

32. Remember the classic advice re: what to do when in the hole.

First, you stop digging.

[iwantmycountryback]

20. I think there are good candidates from both states

Betty McCollum from Minnesota. Kweisi Mfume, Doug Duncan or Martin O'Malley (whichever one doesn't end up running for Governor) and just about every one of the 6 Democratic US Reps from Maryland. Maybe Daschle should run against one of the DINO's Feinstein or Lieberman in the primaries just for the hell of it.

[CatholicEdHead]

21. Betty is not running

she has an annoucement on here web site. She would make a good Senator but does not want to leave her seniority positions in the House.

[LiberalFighter]

23. First...

Hillary Clinton may have been a native and resident of Illinois

but she was for many years a resident of Arkansas after being a resident of Illinois.

[LiberalFighter]

24. Second...

Each state has different residency requirements to be a U.S. Senator


What are the residency requirements for Minnesota and Maryland?

[CatholicEdHead]

28. 30 Days in district for MN

Look at page 2:
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election/candidate.pdf

After 30 days in the district you are in, you can run for office.

[LiberalFighter]

31. Interesting how there is a more restrictive requirement for state senator

then for U.S. Senator

[LiberalFighter]

25. Third...

There have been many Senators that were natives of other states but became Senators of another state. If the definition of a native is in reference to Hillary Clinton.

[Pepperbelly]

27. Where did Daschle live while in DC?

Did he live in Maryland those many years?

:shrug: