Thune closing in on Daschle... Is an upset brewing?????

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Thune edges closer to challenging Daschle
Senate minority leader gears up for re-election
By Steve Turnham
CNN Washington Bureau
Friday, January 2, 2004 Posted: 4:25 PM EST (2125 GMT)



Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle has already amassed $4 million for his re-election campaign, according to an aide.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a sign that he getting close to challenging Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, in November, former Congressman John Thune has been meeting with a veteran GOP strategist about running his campaign, according to a senior GOP source.

The meetings with the strategist, Dick Wadhams, have taken place over the last six weeks. The GOP source would not say whether Thune has decided to run, but that "he is leaning our way."

In December, Thune passed up an opportunity to run for South Dakota's sole seat in the U.S. House. That seat is being vacated by Rep. Bill Janklow, who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of a motorcyclist last year, prompting speculation that Thune would jump into the Senate race.
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This is very bad news for Daschle.
I think that Daschle is more vulnerable than Johnson was.

This is a part of the GOP "giant killer" strategy.
Nobody thought it could happen... But it happened

1994: Speaker Tom Foley is upset
1994: Bill Frist beats Sen. Jim Sasser in a landslide ( Sasser was about to become Senate Majority Leader)

This might happen if we don't watch out

2004:They shock everyone by beating Sen.Patty Murray.
2004: Thune knocks off Tom Daschle.
2006: Hillary is defeated by Rudy Giuliani .