They never go back to Pocatello

Whatever Tom Daschle takes on next, it probably won't be in South Dakota
Whatever Tom Daschle takes on next, it probably won't be in South Dakota

We know now that Tom Daschle won't be leading Health and Human Services or serve as the White House health czar. What he will do isn't clear, but this much is: The former Senator from South Dakota is a poster child for the political truism coined in 1954 by Oregon writer and  

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Floyd McKay

Floyd McKay

Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades.