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Or why Hillary Clinton is any more qualified to be president than Barack Obama.

Former Democrat Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, an Obama supporter, throws Hillary Clinton under the bus on Sunday’s Meet The Press.

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on Sunday questioned Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (N.Y.) pitching of herself as the most experienced candidate in the Democratic presidential race, suggesting her years as first lady do not add much to her foreign policy credentials.

“I worked with her; I know what a good first lady she was,” Daschle said. “But it would be hard for me to draw some degree of connection between being a first lady and having the experience to be the commander in chief.

“I don’t think anyone can look at her experience as first lady and say, for some reason, that qualifies her to run for president of the United States.”

On Barack Obama accepting the number two spot as the Democrat Vice President nominee with Hillary at the top of the ticket.

The Money Quote:

“Well, Tim, it’s really a rare occurrence, maybe the first time in history, that the person who’s running number two would offer the person who’s running number one the number two position. What Barack has said is that’s way premature. He doesn’t have any interest in being vice president. He’s going to be our presidential nominee.”

In other words, Team Obama is telling the Clinton Cabal that he will go to the Denver Convention in the fall to fight for the Presidential nomination. And, why not?

Obama HAS won the most elected Democrat delegates.

Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., (right), seen with his wife, Barbara, in this photo released by his office in March of 2007, has not yet announced any plans for re-election, but fundraising efforts go on while he continues his recovery efforts.

Remember Senator Tim Johnson from South Dakota who had a brain bleed and brain surgery last December?

Johnson was discharged from the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington on April 27. On June 11, 2007, his doctor said that he would be able to resume his full duties in the Senate.

His wife is quoted in the South Dakota press that he will be returning to his Senate duties sometime after the August Senate recess. In fact, he is making so much progress that he will remain in his Washington area home even though his son will add two adopted grandchildren to his family soon.

Now, no one has seen the Senator since his brain hemorrhage last December and he has been absent from the Senate since then. It seems unlikely that his speech therapy is the likely reason that he cannot make a routine trip home to South Dakota from Washington.

Flap has been dubious from the start that Senator Johnson would make more than a token appearance to resume his Senate duties. Fund raising aside, Senator Johnson will probably retire and NOT run for re-election.

The only reason why he has not quit is because the Senate Democrat majority hinges upon his retention in the Senate. South Dakota’s Republican Governor Rounds would more than likely appoint a Republican replacement and tip the Senate majority back to the GOP.

Today, Robert Novak supports Flap’s hypothesis.

Solicitations for a Sept. 12 fund-raising reception in Washington on behalf of ailing Sen. Tim Johnson give the impression he will be present at the event, but in fact there are no such plans.

Sources close to Johnson say he will not decide his schedule until he is back in the Senate, and there is no firm schedule yet for that. Johnson has not been seen publicly since suffering a brain hemorrhage last Dec. 13, but his staff has been raising funds for his re-election campaign in South Dakota. His campaign has $1.75 million cash on hand.

The $1,000-to-$2,300-a-ticket reception will be held at the home of Johnson’s fellow South Dakotan, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, and his wife, transportation industry lobbyist Linda Daschle, on Foxhall Road millionaire’s row in Washington. It has been speculated that if Johnson cannot run, Daschle could attempt a political comeback.

The South Dakota GOP best be prepared. A crippled and weak Johnson will NOT be running to retain his seat.

Watch for former Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle’s return in 2008.

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