DAN DREZNER WRITES that Daschle’s speech is compounding the trouble that Gore’s speech created for the Democrats. The whole thing is worth reading (lots of links, too) but here’s the money graf:

Let me be clear — there are substantive reasons to challenge the Bush administration’s position on Iraq. I’d like to see a fuller debate. But Daschle’s comments are the political equivalent of a hanging curveball for Republican operators to smack. And none of this happens without Gore’s Tuesday speech. Disadvantage: Daschle!

Oops.

UPDATE: Porphyrogenitus has another view with a Zell Miller angle. And Orin Judd responds to Dana Milbank’s reportage, which he says “completely butchered this story.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Stephen Green isn’t happy with Daschle, but he’s not happy with Bush’s Department of Homeland Security either.