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Sen. Mark Dayton marks halfway point of first term
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| Contributor | Eric |
| Last Edited | Eric Jan 08, 2004 09:12pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, January 4, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington, DC — Wealthy department store heir Mark Dayton headed to Washington three years ago hoping to spend time working to increase opportunities for less fortunate Americans. But it's a remarkably different world now than it was when he was running for office.
Over lunch recently in the Senate dining room, Dayton recalled his 2000 campaign, how none of the candidates talked about how they would govern in a time of war. What would they do if the United States were attacked? It just wasn't an issue.
Three years ago, the debate revolved around how to spend trillions of dollars of tax surpluses-- not about terrorism and homeland security.
"I thought of all the things we were going to be able to do to help people in Minnesota and across this country," recalled Dayton. "It's just been three years that I couldn't have imagined, couldn't have predicted, and it's been an incredible experience but it's certainly in most respects a shift decidedly for the worse."
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