Reply #24: I really don't know if there is a problem with the numbers or not, but

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you probably should consider that * targeted Daschle in what I understand was an especially nasty campaign to oust him. The * people were apparently very angry about the tactics Daschle used to block the things the Repubs wanted in the first term. And Daschle was a bit to the left of a lot of his constutents as well, so the targeting did have its desired effect.

What I'm saying is that the numbers you got MAY be reflecting the huge amount of money * poured into the effort to defeat Daschle. This is just speculation on possible explanations on my part. I don't really know one way or another. I liked Daschle and was very disappointed when he lost.