Archive for April, 2007
Yankton Press and Dakotan Poll: Will he or won’t he?
The Yankton Newspaper isn’t pussyfooting around on the issue tonight -
Do you think Sen. Tim Johnson will run for re-election in 2008?
Yes
No
Go vote at www.yankton.net (left hand side of page)
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com - South Dakota’s Best Political Website.
Who’s your man? (or woman)
One of the readers pointed out to me how many comments that the Dusty Johnson congressional post got, and asked me to revisit the issue, so here it is:
Who are your top two picks (either party) for the 2008 US Senate, and the 2008 Congressional Race and why?
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com - South Dakota’s [...]
Tim Johnson released from rehab
I just got back into Pierre, and caught the story on the Argus Leader website about Tim Johnson being released from the rehabilitation hospital as he prepares for more therapy on an outpatient basis:
“As I continue with my therapy, I also get more and more work from the office,” he said. “The doctors tell me [...]
Interesting moments in Rapid City PoliticsIf there was ever an opportunity for payback…
Until someone mentioned it to me today, I don’t think I had ever heard this one before.
As I’m told, this last year in the Sioux Falls Mayoral race, candidate for mayor Vernon Brown (also on the city council) had an endorsement radio ad done for him in the contest by the Rapid City Mayor Jim [...]
Kranz: Dusty Johnson to jump into US House Race? Possibly……
Dave Kranz got a bit of a scoop on everyone with his column in the Argus Leader today noting that Dusty Johnson is at a point where he’s considering the US House Race:
“It is something I am considering. Any time you have a realistic opportunity to make South Dakota better, you have to take a [...]
Thanks…. I think.
As I woke up watching the typically horrendous KDLT morning news (where the current anchors use the word “definitiely” on a constant and daily basis as if they watched Rain Man just a few too many times), I saw Kate Looby of Planned Parenthood on the show telling people about a free Gadrasil clinic at [...]
I got in the paper. And it wasn’t even for a traffic violation.
In case you missed it yesterday, Rapid City Journal columnist and Dakota Voice Blogger Bob Ellis did a story in the paper on the South Dakota blogosphere - and everyone was invited:
Todd Epp, a Harrisburg lawyer who publishes the liberal SD Watch blog, was one of the first to interview Jeff Gannon of Talon News, [...]
Earth Day 2008?
Al Gore: Americans need to switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Earth Day 2007: Tom Katus promotes compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Sheryl Crow: “We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit.”
Earth Day 2008:…..
NOOO!! I don’t even want to think about it!
(Original Photo from the Hog House Blog. Go visit)
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com [...]
Westward HO-sed by it’s employee.
The Argus is reporting tonight that the Westward Ho country club is going after it’s employee for hundreds of thousands the person supposedly absconded with over the course of several years:
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been stolen from the Westward Ho Country Club, and the club is now trying to get the money back.
A [...]
Yes, that’s a paid advertisement. So please go visit the website.
The Sam Kooiker campaign was nice enough to buy an ad here to promote his website which was just fired up for public view. So take a moment to go over and visit www.samkooiker.com to learn more about the candidate.
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com - South Dakota’s Best Political Website.
For those of you who are wondering….
In case you were wondering, KCCR News has a report on what the Governor has to say about running for US Senate:
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Governor Mike Rounds continues to stress that he likes being Governor just fine. Rounds has been mentioned as a possible U.S. Senate candidate in 2008, which would [...]
Political Items - South Dakota Specials…
I was doing some “stuff” recently which allowed me to get some pictures of some unbelievable South Dakota political items - things I’ve never seen before. And being a sharing person, I thought I’d share the experience with you.
President Taft, Gubernatorial candidate Vessey, and in what would have been his inaugural US Senate Run, Coe [...]
Congressional quarterly reports on the phantom signature
CQ was reporting on something interesting regarding the situation with Senator Johnson and his continued recuperation. Apparently he’s being allowed to sign of on meetings he isn’t attending as he continues his convalescence:
Sen. Tim Johnson wasn’t at Monday’s meeting of Iraq War spending conferees, but his signature was.
and…
“When they passed the signature sheets around on [...]
Zaniya Project: Thou shalt buy health insurance?
Bob Mercer talks about the Zaniya project today, which in its original form was little more than a state mandate for health insurance. Much like the wildly successful mandates that have been passed requiring auto insurance. (Oh, those haven’t worked either? Silly me.)
The concept of getting state government more involved with the issue of un-insured [...]
No. It’s ok. She’s my second cousin
I was just starting to do some research on the Secretary of State’s website for something I’m working on, and I noticed a couple of things.
First off - They have a motto now. Maybe I just missed it before, but I’m noticing tonight.Click on the image below, and you can read the motto that has [...]
SDGOP Finance Director leaving to take similar position in Minnesota
Angela Nielsen of the South Dakota GOP has announced that it’s time for a change. This Finance Director of the South Dakota Republican Party for about 5 years has decided to pack up her ledger book and try something else.
Well, not that new. Angi has taken a position as Finance Director of the Republican [...]
To disclose, or not to disclose - that is the question
KELOland is reporting tonight that tomorrow will bring the hearing where State of SD attorneys and Representative Roger Hunt will argue whether or not Roger creatively found a loophole, or improperly avoided state law on donor reporting:
Hunt, a long-time anti-abortion activist, has said the person is a South Dakota resident who wants to remain anonymous [...]
Look what I found in my stuff. A Wendell Willkie political pin.
I was cleaning out some boxes I had brought over to Brookings this weekend, and unexpectedly came across this gem of a political pin in my stuff. In fact, I’d forgotten I even had it. The picture doesn’t do it justice, as it’s nearly perfect in every way.
This pin comes from the 1940 presidential election [...]
I’m baack…. Notes from the Codington County Lincoln Day Dinner
After taking Saturday completely off from blogging, and doing my household chores inside at the Brookings headquarters of the SDWC earlier today, I’m back on-line!
The big event of my weekend was the Codington County Lincoln Day Dinner on Friday night. It was a great opportunity, because from my experiences that evening, I learned three [...]
It’s not about the gun - it’s about the gun owner
In yesterday’s Pierre Capital Journal, it was reported that Governor Rounds had some comments to a group about how South Dakotans need to retain their pro-gun attitude in the face of a madman shooting up a campus:
Gov. Mike Rounds said that despite tragedies like the recent shooting at Virginia Tech, South Dakotans will continue [...]
