Sunday, September 05, 2004
Also in the American News, a portrait of small-state politics at work - 400 turn out for Daschle, pancakes:
John Thune's choice to bring in out-of-state heavies may be backfiring. South Dakotans aren't generally fond of negative ads.
- Many identified themselves as Republicans, saying they stopped by to let Daschle know he had their support. Those from both parties thanked the senator for his support of the troops, and his efforts to lower the cost of health care.
Others approached him with personal concerns. One woman said her husband, a veteran, had been exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam and had received inadequate attention from Veterans Affairs for his pain. A young boy walked up to Daschle and complained about Bush's "No Child Left Behind" policies, and an elderly woman went into detail about her painful experience with the Medicare bureaucracy.
There were also many people who expressed sympathy for the senator because of what they called the negative campaign advertisements against him.
John Thune's choice to bring in out-of-state heavies may be backfiring. South Dakotans aren't generally fond of negative ads.
