Tom Daschle Quotes
You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out.
Daschle, Thomas. Interview with Fox News, 2002.
The phrase “short strokes” is a metaphor from the rowing racing tactic of as the finish line is approached, the boat maximizes speed by the rowers making shorter stokes, but at a much faster rate.
In 2014 he was accused of money laundering and placed under house arrest by the Russian Government. This typically was the first step in seizing some or all of his assets. When that is done, typically there are local and national politicians who will benefit as they will be able to “buy” the assets from the government at pennies on the dollar.
Califano was referring to his appearance on a special television broadcast on CBS on September 9, 1965, to inform New Yorkers of the administration’s actions and concern after a power failure had blacked out 80,000 square miles and 30 million people in the Northeast including New York City as well as parts of Ontario, Canada. People were initially concerned that the blackout might have been a Soviet attack
The Governor, Grey Davis, was generally very unpopular with even members of his own party. The Governor was facing a recall petition where one outcome was that Bustamante would get position. However, Bustamonte and other Democrats were officially opposed to and campaigning against the recall. The Governor, never very friendly with them, was particularly suspicious of all his “supporters.” Bustamante’s diplomatic response was in response to a question from the press as to how his relationship with the Governor was holding up.
Thomas Andrew Daschle is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 and later the Majority Leader in 2001.
