Daschle Dialogue Guest
How Much Partisanship Is Too Much?
Senator Tom Daschle and Senator Trent Lott Discuss How and Why To Rebuild Bipartisan Bridges
Moderated by Chuck Raasch, a 1976 journalism graduate who has spent 27 years as a national correspondent for Gannett News Service, USA Today and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
This event was held Oct. 1, 2014, at the SDSU Performing Arts Center. You can view it on the C-SPAN website.
About the event
South Dakota State University is proud to host two former majority leaders for the inaugural public event of the Senator Thomas A. Daschle Congressional Research Study—Sen. Tom Daschle and Sen. Trent Lot. Sen. Daschle selected South Dakota State University as the official repository of his official papers and artifacts from his 26 years in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. He also spent nine years as senate majority and minority leader.
Daschle Dialogues is a series of lectures and talks that will feature nationally relevant figures on campus to address thought-provoking topics.
Senators Daschle and Lott served as Senate leaders of their respective parties during the historic 50-50 split in the U.S. Senate and during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Both are now affiliated with the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit organization that drives principled solutions through rigorous analysis. The Bipartisan Policy Center is the only Washington, D.C.-based think tank that actively promotes bipartisanship. They have maintained their friendship and working relationship since leaving the Senate.