Reader Bruce Opheim of Fargo, North Dakota wrote us a request we'd like to share:

To The American Thinker,

Thank you for printing your excellent article, "Dear Senator Daschle"..  Unfortunately, Senator Daschle doesn't take criticism kindly, and I'm certain he won't pay much attention to anyone that has the audacity to question him.  Nevertheless, it was good to read your article, and hopefully the voters in South Dakota will also read it.

Now, may I ask you for a favor?  Please reprint the article, but change the name to Senator Byron Dorgan. Our career Senators from North Dakota (Byron Dorgan, who is also running for election this year, and Kent Conrad) have both stood side by side with Senator Daschle on this issue, and for the same highly questionable reasons. It is disgraceful what these Democrats have done to prevent confirmation of excellent candidates like Miguel Estrada and others, simply for partisan politics.