In a story filed today, South Dakota’s US Senator John Thune is apparently still on the short list being considered for Donald Trump’s running mate: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is “in play” as a possible contender to be named Donald Trump’s running mate at next month’s GOP convention, sources familiar with the vice presidential search […]
From the Argus Leader, it sounds as if the Governor, like many others, was a protest vote for “not Donald Trump” in the recent GOP Primary election earlier this month. South Dakota’s Republican governor didn’t mark his ballot for the party’s presumptive nominee in this month’s South Dakota GOP primary. “I voted for John Kasich,” […]
I won’t get into the details (as opposed to posting them in their entirety later), but the Resolutions for the Convention have been presented to the delegates present in preparation for the consideration of delegates. Roughly summarizing and describing them. Resolution #1 – SDGOP opposes the sustainable agriculture initiative as defined by the global round […]
Jon Ellis over at the Argus is writing on his blog that there’s not a terrible amount of enthusiasm for the presidential contenders in either party: Democrats and Republicans alike fell into line and gave wins to their presumptive presidential nominees, despite the fact that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have lower favorable ratings than […]
If you’ve been on facebook lately, or here at the SDWC, you might have noticed some of the elective blowback from Stace Nelson over his successful campaign this past Tuesday. For Example: Aside from Stace taking the opportunity to be a sore winner, of course, he tries to intimate that everyone is lying about him. […]
Interesting note in the Argus this AM: A Republican state senator survived a primary challenge from a former lawmaker who sought to connect with Donald Trump supporters and other anti-establishment voters. Sen. Deb Peters of Hartford received 56 percent of 1,010 votes cast in the District 9 primary, defeating Lora Hubbel, who earned 43 percent of the vote. […]
From Politico, John Thune shows us that he doesn’t just run for office, he does push-ups for it: DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY-TWO: Do you want to see senators doing pushups? Better yet, pushups for a good cause? Of course you do. Lawmakers around Capitol Hill have been challenging each other to participate in the […]
The Argus Leader was interviewing candidates today about what they’d do if elected. And Lora Hubbel continues to explore the bizarre side of legislation: Q: What legislation or policy would be your priority next legislative session? A: …..I will also bring a “no undue influence” bill, which says that if you sleep around to influence legislation, […]
According to a Rapid City Journal article, US Senator John Thune is having difficulty quelling questions of a VP run…. because his opponent is just so darned awful in the face of Thune’s own overwhelming popularity. On Wednesday, according to several media accounts, Thune told reporters in Washington, D.C., that he hopes House Speaker Paul […]
I find myself staring at the screen searching for a topic that interests me this morning. It’s not that there isn’t anything going on. There’s just so much that’s being so utterly overexposed, I’ve lost interest. I did a post on Trump a couple down. The problem is I’m so bombarded with it in the […]