The Hill reports on this not-so-secret "feud":
Daschle is expressing frustration with the Senate majority leader (D-Nev.) for refusing to endorse Rick Weiland...
Asked if [Reid's] comments hurt Weiland’s chances, Daschle told The Hill, “Well, it certainly hasn’t helped.”
... Daschle, who lost his reelection bid in the presidential election year of 2004, said the midterms tend to be friendlier for Democrats in the Dakotas. He said former Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) was down 30 points on Labor Day before being elected to the upper chamber. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) was “down a lot more than Rick at this point,” added Daschle, who represented South Dakota in both the House and the Senate.
Weiland, Daschle said, has “an excellent chance” to win".
The Hill also quotes
Longtime Democratic strategist Steve Jarding, who is a consultant to Weiland, said he remains optimistic that ... “DSCC will take a look and say, ‘OK, this looks like it’s a winnable race, we don’t have a lot of close races and certainly not a lot of cheap races.’ ”
One of the many reasons why The DSCC is not justified in putting so much weight on its reported secret polling indicating that Weiland "cannot win",
is this:
deadline for registration is 15 days before Election Day.
As commented by
Down With Tyranny here:
The best part of this feud for South Dakota voters, though, is that if Weiland does win, he will be 100% free of any Reid influence ever.
Another way of putting this is that South Dakotans have a chance, by electing Weiland, to push-back against both major parties' leadership, and of course
Progressives, by supporting Weiland, have a chance to increase the influence of their Elizabeth Warren faction within the Democratic caucus in the Senate. (Warren has supported Weiland early and often.)
Blue America is now preparing to broadcast in South Dakota a radio version of this must-see music video on the scandal testimony-stalling that could bring Rounds down the few percentage points needed for Weiland to beat him. (Video embedded after the jump).
10:08 AM PT: Contributions to funding independent broadcast of this music on South Dakota radio can be made here: https://secure.actblue.com/...