Long-time political reporter Kevin Woster has a column at SD Searchlight this morning noting how he sees the GOP race for Governor. And he has some strong opinions.
Such as how Toby Doeden winning the GOP primary is the only path for a Democrat to win the governors seat in South Dakota. And Jon Hansen is hardly worth a mention, because his chances are slim and none:
“If Toby Doeden won the Republican primary, Billie Sutton could beat Doeden in the general,” I said confidently over coffee with a couple of friends. I repeated it to another friend, a traditional South Dakota conservative, a week or so later.
And..
I didn’t mention Jon Hansen, a Republican state lawmaker and lawyer from Dell Rapids who is in the race. I guess I think his chances of winning the primary are so slim (no offense, Jon) he didn’t figure into my speculation.
And..
Beyond that, Doeden has been managing to come off as reasonable, which has been a surprise to me. He slips sometimes, like when he called Dusty Johnson evil. Which was, well, crazy talk.
And..
Oh, and he’s not evil, by the way. You can disagree with Johnson’s politics or rhetoric or how he votes, but it’s ludicrous in a mean-spirited sort of way to call him evil.
Read the entire column here at SD Searchlight.
What do you think?
As a younger republican I am all on board with Dusty Johnson. Doeden and Hansen both are in it for power and it scares me to think what they would do in terms of hurting our great state. Both of them also forget the younger generation and Dusty has not.
I have restored hope the more I see what Dusty Johnson is wanting to do for my generation and the generation after me in terms of hearing and seeing us as the next leaders!!
If elected a Gauleiter Doeden administration would be a gift for states like Minnesota.
He also predicted Noem was losing based on how many Jamie Smith signs he saw
Billie isnt running so why even waste time on it
Voting for Dusty IS letting a Democrat in.