From the editorial board at the Mitchell Daily Republic:
Thune, for his part, continues to look toward a challenge. He told The Associated Press last week that he is “expecting a competitive race and a stiff challenge.”
As for the Democrats, state party chairwoman Cheryl Chapman said it’s not too late for [...]
In a Democratic fundraising speech in Iowa over the weekend, Vice President Joe Biden told party loyalists that opponents of the Obama administration's agenda "should be worried about us, for we are their worst nightmare." Duh.
Finally we can agree on something, Joe. Even the liberal New [...]
Does this guy love losing at every office he runs for? Just curious.
Former South Dakota lawmaker Ron Volesky of Huron says his campaign for the Democratic nomination to run for governor will be managed by his son, Tucker, a high school sophomore.
Volesky says his son has [...]
Lieberman Digs In on Public Option
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaking in that trademark sonorous baritone, utters a simple statement that translates into real trouble for Democratic leaders: “I’m going to be stubborn on this.”
Stubborn, he means, in opposing any health-care overhaul that includes a “public option,” or government-run health-insurance plan, [...]
Well, I have to say that this is probably a first.
Ron Volesky, a Democratic candidate for governor, will have his son serve as campaign manager.
Tucker Volesky is a sophomore in high school. He has participated in debate and varsity basketball and track.
[...]From the Rapid City Journal, a brand new set of flip flops from the Democratic candidate for Governor:
In response to an audience question, Knuppe, Heidepriem and Munsterman pledged not to raise taxes if elected governor. Knudson, a Sioux Falls lawyer and Republican leader in the state Senate, wouldn’t take the [...]
Democrats and their allies formally moved their healthcare bill to the Senate floor tonight, rebuffing Republicans and ensuring that lawmakers will get a long and acrimonious debate on the overhaul of the healthcare system.
All 58 Democrats and the two independents who usually vote with them backed [...]
Dusty Harry Reid has adopted the classic philosophy of high pressure salemen: “Money talks, and no body walks.”
Staffers on Capitol Hill were calling it the Louisiana Purchase.
On the eve of Saturday’s showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn’t secured the support of [...]
Bob Mercer has a post on the staff member from former Democratic US Senator Jim Abourezk who ended up spying on the United States and passing the information to the communist regime of Fidel Castro:
The Washington Post reports this morning that Walter Myers and Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers pleaded guilty in [...]
Larry Elder makes a great point with a history lesson you will not get in the Progressive's government schools:
"The political risks of failure are pretty high."
A former congressional aide offered this ominous assessment following the House of Representatives' passage of "health-care reform." Warning to the Senate: President Obama [...]
My former colleagues at South Dakota Public Radio give our poor, maligned sole United States Representative a bully pulpit at our expense, where Princess Stephanie Herseth Sandlin calls those of us Democrats who actually believe and act like Democrats and think Americans deserve health care “extremists.”
Walter E. Williams also understands that both political parties favor big government:
Last Tuesday, I had the pleasurable task of being master of ceremonies for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation dinner in Washington, D.C., that celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Founded in 1981, the [...]
Jesse Jackson has been established as a leader of the Black/Negro/African-American community by . . . by . . . well, himself–and the media who are there to catch his every word:
Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We [...]
One of my pet peeves I have with Democrats is that they never go for the jugular. Why go half-way?
Sen. Scott Heidepriem blamed years of irresponsible spending for the current hole in the state budget, saying South Dakota has not been governed by fiscal conservatives in the last seven [...]
Don’t you hate those politicians who say one thing in Washington Pierre and another back home?
The leading Democrat in the state Senate said Wednesday that South Dakota’s budget shortfall is so extreme that across-the-board cuts in services could be the only way to balance the budget.
Sen. Scott Heidepriem blamed years [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Scott Heidepriem, of Sioux Falls, is trying to drum up some publicity today with a press conference and a news release that describes the state's budget situation as "startling."
When Gov. Mike Rounds was in Mitchell recently, he estimated next year's potential budget deficit to [...]
Former US Senator Tom “Turbo Tax” Daschle is moving from one lobbying firm to go to another. Where it is expected that he will use his influence with the White House and Democratic Senators to help clients get their way:
Former Sen. Tom Daschle is leaving Alston & Bird to [...]
Dennis Prager has noticed how Obama's actions over the last year have pused Indepndents to the right:
In half a year, there has been a 23 percent shift from Democrats to Republicans among independent voters. And nothing particularly bad had occurred – no further economic meltdown, no terrorist attack from [...]
What is the best way to ask God to unseat God?
While I find nothing surprising coming out of this forum, this little tidbit threw me for a loop;
The three were civil and restrained from attacking one another. The common theme was defeating Herseth Sandlin.
The event started [...]
From Politico:
Sen. John Thune is trying to build support to end the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, a move bound to cause heartburn for Democrats wary of strong anti-bailouts sentiment among voters.
Thune, the No. 4 leader in the Republican Conference, plans to introduce a one-page bill Tuesday that would [...]
From Politico:
Sen. John Thune is trying to build support to end the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, a move bound to cause heartburn for Democrats wary of strong anti-bailouts sentiment among voters.
Thune, the No. 4 leader in the Republican Conference, plans to introduce a [...]
From the Hill:
Republicans are “more than happy” to work around-the-clock and through the holidays to stop healthcare legislation, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) asserted Monday evening.
After a key Senate chairman, Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), said Monday that Democrats would force Republicans to work overnights and weekends throughout December if they stall [...]
I have posted below on the billions that the Democrats are willing to spend to protect lawyers. The Washington Post raises the alarm on something else I have posted about: billions more spent to protect doctor's fees. The WaPo focuses on the right issue, as [...]
