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Sen. Tom Daschle

• November 22 -- Poor, "Poignant" Tom Daschle
Pity poor Tom: "In the Senate, the Democratic leader, Tom Daschle of South Dakota, who lost his re-election bid, delivered a poignant farewell speech that brought him a standing ovation…The scant Republican showing provoked Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, to speak out….Outside the Senate chamber, the common ground Mr. Daschle spoke of seemed hard to find."

• November 4 -- Curtain Call for Tom Daschle, "A Man of Decency"
One last loving profile from Sheryl Gay Stolberg on defeated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle: "The soft-spoken leader has often been described by his fellow Democrats as a man of decency."

• November 1 -- "Conservatives" vs. Democrats in the Senate
The Times runs down nine crucial Senate races and uses the term "conservative" six times, twice in its short summary of the race to unseat Tom Daschle.

• August 2 -- Republicans "Looked Like Bullies" Against Daschle
Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes another fawning piece on Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's fight to retain his Senate seat in South Dakota: "'Lightweight' is not an expression anyone would use to describe Tom Daschle….Daschle is gentle and soft-spoken....The Democratic leader wound up looking like a victim; the Republicans, like bullies."

• May 25 -- Tom Daschle's Home-Field Advantage: The NYT
Sheryl Gay Stolberg's latest valentine to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle ponders the propriety of Sen. Bill Frist actually (horrors!) campaigning against Daschle.

• May 17 -- "Mild-Mannered" Tom Daschle?
Carl Hulse covers a speech by "mild-mannered" Sen. Tom Daschle on the "startling meanness" of modern politics (he evidently missed Daschle comparing conservative critics to the Taliban)

• March 4 -- "My Heroes Have Always Been…" Senate Democratic Leaders?
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who recently called Democratic Senate leader (and Limbaugh-basher) Tom Daschle "soft-spoken" and "decent," uses a whirlwind gun vote in Congress to spin the liberal leader into a legislative hero: "When the gunfight--or rather, the fight over guns--finished in the Senate on Tuesday, it seemed as if Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader, was the last man standing."

• January 13 -- "Soft Spoken, Gentle" Daschle Accused Rush Listeners of Threats
Sheryl Gay Stolberg likens Senate minority leader Tom Daschle to a teddy bear: "With his soft-spoken, almost gentle manner, Mr. Daschle is the rare politician who can go on the attack without seeming snappish; one word often used to describe him is 'decent.'" Rush Limbaugh and fans may disagree.