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...Daschle lost his Senate seat when he was beaten by John Thune, a Republican congressman...
...words embolden the enemy." - John Thune, the opponent who ousted Daschle from his Senate seat, after Daschle said of Iraq, "this president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war," Washington Post Sept...
...trust of folks from every angle of this issue: doctors, nurses and patients; unions and businesses; hospitals and advocacy groups, all of whom will have a seat at the table as we craft our plan." - Barack Obama, on why he chose Daschle to be Health and Human Services secretary, Los Angeles Times...
...Friday, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is scheduled to explain to federal prosecutors his efforts to win President-elect Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat. Jackson, 43, is among the most high-profile characters swept up so far in this week's scandal involving Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and charges that he tried to sell Obama's place in the U.S. Senate, which the governor has the right to fill by appointment. A Senate seat would have been a perfect way for Jackson to further distinguish himself from his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, 67, who ran for the Democratic...
...apartheid regime, spending his 21st birthday in a Washington jail cell after participating in protests outside South Africa's embassy in that city. By 1995, he was ready for his first major step in national politics. He was immediately successful. He won his first bid for a congressional seat and became the Representative of the largely black Second Congressional District of Illinois, which includes parts of Chicago's South Side. He quickly began forming alliances with a range of Chicago and Illinois pols. When it became clear that Obama would seek a U.S. Senate seat in 2004, Jackson was among...