President Bush's New Best Friend

President Bush's New Best Friend

It's Tom Daschle.

Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., on Thursday praised the Bush administration's war and nation-building work in Iraq and said he has no serious concerns about the lack of weapons of mass destruction.

Daschle told state chamber of commerce representatives meeting in the South Dakota capital that he is satisfied with the way things are going in Iraq.

"I give the effort overall real credit," Daschle said. "It is a good thing Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. It is a good thing we are democratizing the country."

Of course, he running for re-election from a state that voted overwhelmingly for George W. Bush in 2000. It seems to have occurred to him that he isn't running for re-election from Massachussetts.