The South Dakota GOP was nice enough to broadcast the 2017 Hughes County Lincoln Day Dinner via Facebook Video for those of us who couldn’t make it. And if you’d like to watch, check it out here:
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Kristi and Dusty nailed it. Marty did good. Ravnsberg was meh.
Agreed. Kristi and Dusty were both awesome.
I liked Kristi. Marty was better until she spoke. Wasn’t impressed with Dusty. I don’t see it. Maybe he will grow on me.
I had friends go, said overall everyone was good. Marty, Ravnsborg? Krist, and dusty all did well.
Sorry, typo by me. Resent below.
I had a friend go who said all spoke well. Marty, Ravnsborg, kristi, and dusty.
I went and I thought they all tried waaaay too hard and sounded fake.
Dusty was off. Sometimes less is more and between Daugaard and Dusty it was too much talking. His favorite song in church must be “How great thou art”
Marty has a personality problem plain and simple. Needs to work the room much harder and not rely on speeches. Seems robotic and aloof. Don’t ever point out your gaggle of guys from your office as your support group. You are already facing a woman problem going against Kristi. Get some women on board and fast!
Kristi started off great but lost her mojo once she started talking about being governor. Go with the personality advantage for as long as possible and push the agenda aside. Focus on past and present.
Ravnsborg,,,sorry just awful! He needs to take public speaking lessons and fast! Not only that but start spending more time understanding what his job would be.
It’s early so lots of time for improvement!
Based on speeches and just plain appeal alone here is my take away from the night of fun:
Congress:
Anyone looking to challenge Dusty Johnson walked away thinking I can beat that little guy. He’s small. He’s goofy and his speech was fine but it didn’t knock your socks off. I think he’s going to struggle to get past his initial base of support.
Governor:
This was the main event and mostly because there was actual competition.
Jackley started off and he did much better than I expected. He is not as natural as Noem but I don’t think it showed until she started speaking. Once she started speaking it was obvious that she is more natural on the stump. If he followed her it would probably look even less natural. Jackley’s speech was good and parts of it were better than others maybe since I don’t remember the content he should find a more emotional way to say it. What I liked about Jackley though was I believed him. What he said i know he has done.
Noem was excellent when she said why she would run for governor.
Once she started talking about why she was qualified, how she saw where the federal money came from because she was in DC and how now she knows how to stop it she was losing me. Once she referred to her being able to pick up the phone in 10 minutes and get Trump’s new cabinet secretaries not because she was governor but because they were her friends (pretty boastful and not humble. She didn’t seem South Dakota anymore).
The 10 different businesses she had a hand in and her executive experience it started to sound like she was stretching and it became a less impressive speech. To be honest running the family farm after your dad died should be enough but she wanted to talk about running a hunting lodge, restaurant, bryons insurance company. You name it she ran it. I think it looked like over compensating for being a successful congresswoman. She needs to accept that she is a success and not try to be more than she is or she will lose. In fact now that I’ve seen these speeches about all of the business ventures she’s been involved in I’d like to know if they were successful or how long she did it.
Bottom line is she was excellent at first then fell off hard. Jackley was pretty steady and good but he never made me tune in like Noem did at her high point but he also didn’t make me have to roll my eyes at the size of his ego. I think she will hurt herself if she keeps giving most of that speech. Too much ego. Too much trying and not enough South Dakota Kristi. Because I believed Jackley I felt like I was more likely to support him long term.
Jackley and Dusty also stayed until the end of the night. Noem’s entire table got up and left when she was done speaking. Not cool to zip in to Pierre and then blow out of town before the dinner is over. A lot of people noticed that. That’s the kind of thing that differentiates South Dakota strong from DC in my opinion.
I think that was the last impression she made and I’ve heard it said by many in attendance in the days since. Really poor move.
Pretty solid attempt to frame your thoughts as just honest reflection from an unbiased party.
Jackley’s introduction of all of the government employees he had come with him from the AG’s office then talking about how they’re the best office in the country wasn’t ego?
In politics, relationships are currency. If Noem really has that good of connections with sitting Cabinet Secretaries then that is an asset.
I expect both candidates to spend a lot of time telling us why they’re the best for the job and won’t criticize them for not being humble. That’s what campaigns are all about!
And lastly, the Pierre insiders in that crowd are definitely not that Noem’s base. They want whoever is going to keep the good old boys club intact, and that’s not Noem.
Yes, Dusty is a bit goofy, but that’s the allure. In person his energy really pulls people in.
If he has good TV (like the elevator spot from 2010) he’ll be fine.
I just listened to the whole tape and for what it’s worth thought Ravnsborg did a great job of explaining why he is very qualified to be our next AG.
We sure don’t need shock and awe in our AG. We need someone who respects the rule of law, will work feverishly to promote and protect the rule of law and never waiver from that path.
Everyone else spoke elequently and well. 😄