Daschle to Headline JJ Dinner

"The man dethroned as the U.S. Senate's majority leader in 2004 will headline the year's key fundraising event for West Virginia's Democratic Party," The Associated Press reports. "With Democrats nationwide facing a difficult election climate, the state party has picked Tom Daschle as the keynote speaker for its April 17 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner."

The Democrats usually hold their marquee fundraiser in the fall.