A poll to be released tonight will offer good news for South Dakota Dems. The KELO TV poll will show:
At large House seat
Herseth (D) 58
Diedrich (R) 29
Senate
Daschle (D) 50
Thune (R) 43
President
Bush 50
Kerry 39
Mason-Dixon usually polls for KELO-TV and the Argus Leader, so I assume they did this poll as well. I'll have the rest of the disclaimer line (MoE, date, and name of polling organization) as soon as the poll is officially released.
Note that this doesn't mean we have these races in the bag (nor does Bush, for that matter). What it means is that we're off to a good start. The GOP will pour money and all manners of shit into the state to keep that House seat and take Daschle out. So we'll need to be prepared to lend a hand (especially to Herseth, who want have the resources Daschle will command).