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   The Democratic candidate for Senate in South Dakota is   
   reportedly accusing his own party of deliberately sabotaging his   
   bid in an attempt to boost the independent candidate in the race.   
      
   The Argus Leader reported Democratic candidate Rick Weiland made   
   the comments Monday as new polls show him falling behind   
   Republican candidate and former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds.   
      
   The once-sleepy race began to heat up earlier this month when   
   polls started to show the independent candidate, Larry Pressler   
   gaining on Rounds. This led the Democratic Senatorial Campaign   
   Committee (DSCC) to invest $1 million in the race, which   
   suggested they believed Pressler could peel just enough votes   
   off Rounds to give Weiland a fighting chance   
      
   However, Weiland argued that the DSCC’s new ad campaign, which   
   focuses on attacking Rounds, has only hurt him. According to the   
   Argus Leader, Weiland said at a press conference that he thinks   
   the negative nature of the ads has backfired.   
      
   "You put negative on a candidate and you put your disclosure at   
   the bottom that says 'Paid for by the Democratic Senate Campaign   
   Committee,' the Democratic candidate's going to get blamed for   
   that," Weiland said according to the paper.   
      
   But that’s not all. Weiland said he believes the DSCC is   
   deliberately using the ads to sabotage him in favor of Pressler,   
   according to the Argus Leader.   
      
   "My national party — that I'm a member of — (was) trying to   
   drive votes to Larry Pressler and trying to drive up my   
   negatives," he said.   
      
   The DSCC did not respond to requests for comment from the Argus   
   Leader. However, the paper reported last week that the   
   committee’s executive director Guy Cecil said the party wants   
   Weiland to win.   
      
   When asked if the DSCC would be satisfied with Pressler as well,   
   Cecil said the committee preferred Weiland, according to the   
   Argus Leader.   
      
   Meanwhile, the latest polls show Rounds is putting a   
   considerable difference between himself and his competitors.   
      
   A Mason-Dixon poll released Monday shows Rounds holding 42   
   percent support, with Weiland trailing at 33 percent. Over the   
   weekend, an NBC News and Marist College poll showed Rounds with   
   an even bigger bump in the polls, reporting he held a 14-point   
   lead over Weiland, with 43 percent to Weiland’s 29 percent and   
   Pressler, a former senator at 16 percent.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/27/south-dakota-dem-   
   senate-candidate-accuses-own-party-sabotage/   
      
        
      
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