No surprise here -- he'll announce this afternoon.

Certainly doesn't help Mr. Daschle's dream of retaking the Majority in the Senate.

But poor South Carolina -- goes from having the most seniority in the Senate -- by far -- to having about the least. Hollings had been in the Senate for decades, but was still the Junior Senator until Thurmond left.

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