Dems teaming up with Hillary to retake US House. Will Paula Hawks be riding her coat tails in SD?
Take a look at the article on Politico, about how Democrats are lining up to ride Hillary Clinton’s coat tails, hoping for a boost in the polls:
Her campaign is still in its infancy. The presidential election is nearly 18 months away. But Democrats are already banking on a “Hillary effect,” an anticipated wave that will lift the party’s fortunes up and down the ticket.
Party officials are using Hillary Clinton’s candidacy to recruit candidates at every level of office and employing a simple pitch: Democratic voter turnout tends to be higher in presidential election years — and next year, the former secretary of state’s historic candidacy and formidable organizing efforts will have an especially catalytic effect.
Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee vice chair who’s recruiting women to run for the House, has been convening bimonthly dinners with a group of other female members of Congress and potential future colleagues. She estimates she’s brought half a dozen candidates to the dinners so far — and the topic regularly turns to Clinton.
“A lot of the time the conversation goes to how Hillary Clinton is likely to be at the top of the ticket and how that will be helpful for the candidate,” Bustos said.
In South Dakota, the possibility of Democrats applying this in the state raises a couple of thoughts.
I’m specifically wondering about Democrat Paula Hawks, who is anticipated to be entering the congressional race in South Dakota. There had rumors about her announcing a couple of months ago, but the latest I’m hearing is that she’s going to announce in July.
I can’t help but ask ‘why she pushed things back to the summer?’ Was it suggested to her to hang back for a couple of months while the Clinton effort got underway? Sharing some of the same views as Hillary Clinton, Hawks would seem to be a natural to jump on the Clinton bandwagon.
The looming question in red-state South Dakota would be whether or not running to the left of Obama is a winning formula here.
The Justice Department plans to move forward this year with more than a dozen new gun-related regulations, according to list of rules the agency has proposed to enact before the end of the Obama administration.
Telemedicine Helps Bring Patients to Doctors
An increasing number of South Dakotans are seeking the use of telemedicine, which makes it easier for physicians to see patients that may not be able to travel as easily or frequently to where their physician practices. It can be particularly useful when patients are seeking medical care from a specialty provider located outside of the state. Despite its advantages, without a way to more efficiently license physicians across state lines, telemedicine advancement is hindered.
The burden placed on Americans to pay for federal regulations in 2014 far exceeded the cost we paid in income taxes. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Americans paid $1.88 trillion in regulatory compliance and $1.4 trillion in individual federal income taxes. These numbers should concern every one of us. Not only are regulatory costs taking money out of the pockets of South Dakota families, they are stunting economic growth and crushing the can-do American spirit that founded our nation, settled the West, won two world wars and put a man on the moon.
America’s protection of property rights has always set us apart from others around the globe, but it’s an American value that is under attack today. On May 27, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that could represent one of the largest federal land grabs in United States history. In the swoop of a regulatory pen, the EPA expanded the federal government’s control to include small and seasonal bodies of water. That means ditches, prairie potholes, and even streams that run through your yard after a heavy rain could be subject to federal regulations under the Clean Water Act.
I currently serve as South Dakota’s Lt. Governor, but I have had the opportunity to wear a lot of different “hats” throughout the years. Few have been as formative as my nurse “hat.” Nursing exposed me to people from many different walks of life and taught me about compassion, as well as countless other life lessons. But, it also taught me about the far-reaching impact of medical ailments and the importance of doing what we can, as a society, to confront those ailments.
Sometimes you have to consider your comments in light of the goals of the group you’re addressing.
