Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, a liberal with a fair chance experiencing defeat today, sued his opponent the day before election day, alleging voter intimidation. The suit challenged GOP poll watchers, with a judge ruling this morning that the GOP monitors couldn't take down license-plate numbers of voters or follow voters out of polling places in a predominantly Native American county. In other words, Republicans will now have a more difficult time identifying vote fraud if it occurs.

Why did Daschle file his suit? Primarily, it serves as a gimmick to manufacture anger among American Indians in South Dakota for the purpose of getting them to vote in greater numbers, which would benefit him. Another reason relates to what Matt Drudge is currently reporting. In areas where one party dominates, it's easier to cheat. That's why poll watchers are necessary. In Philadelphia, Drudge reports that nearly 2000 votes were already stuffed into ballot boxes at numerous locations throughout the city prior to the polls opening. Poll watchers discovered this.

In a sense allegations of intimidation against poll watchers are correct. Poll watchers do intimidate...frauds and cheats.

Dan, I don't think you truely know the situation in South Dakota any more than I do. It's too early to tell if fraud was involved.

I don't know if fraud was involved in South Dakota. I do know that the main job of poll watchers is to prevent fraud. Someone suing to prevent poll watchers from doing their duties is either a). hiding something, or b). trying to generate controversy, e.g. accusing the GOP of trying to intimidate Indian voters in an effort to increase turnout among Indian voters.

South Dakota being a heavy one party state! I live in Massachusetts where fraud and cheating are the norm and a birth right!