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Tom Daschle Rules out Presidential Bid

James Joyner · Monday, December 4, 2006 · 2 comments

Tom Daschle, the former Senate Minority/Majority/Minority leader who was defeated in his bid for re-election two years ago, has announced that he will not run for president in 2008. It took several feeler trips to Iowa and New Hampshire. I could have saved him the trouble.

FILED UNDER: Campaign 2008, Iowa, New Hampshire, Tom Daschle

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Comments

Steven Taylor says:

Monday, 4 December 2006 at 09:34

I could have saved him the trouble.

No joke.

Indeed, for a small fee I would happily advise these guys on whether they should spend even a nanosecond contemplating a run. Some of these are simply slam-dunk obvious to everyone except the potential candidate and his closest advisers.
charles austin says:

Monday, 4 December 2006 at 11:05

I will take this opportunity to note that I too will not be running for President in 2008.