What’s with all the talk where the press is cultivating and recruiting Thune opponents?

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Towards the end of today’s edition of the “Political Junkies” show on South Dakota Public Broadcasting, the people on the show mention how it seems KELO reporter Kevin Woster is trying to stir up recruiting a candidate against US Senator John Thune.

At the same time, KSOO reporter Todd Epp has been floating KSFY Republican hater weather man Phil Schrek as a candidate against our state’s senior US Senator.

At the same time, you don’t see Democrats putting that kind of emphasis on candidate recruitment against Thune. So, Democrats don’t care, or they’re unable to recruit, oddly leaving members of the mainstream media who are sending people and names up the flagpole to see if something catches the wind.

That seems to leave the question – “What gives?”

It is almost as if there are those in the media who are nervous there’s not going to be the kind of advertising dollars that get thrown around as they would in a competitive year.

Or more likely, it’s as if they’re trying to gin up someone to run, because without a Thune opponent, they’re left with an already hopelessly lopsided Congressional race (where Hawks is a sure loser), and a Public Utilities Commission contest that’s also a non-starter for the other side.  It’s as if they desperately want something else besides the Republican margin of victory in the legislative races to report on.

I’ve heard of press bias before, but when it seems they’re out recruiting for the Democrats – that takes the cake.

7 thoughts on “What’s with all the talk where the press is cultivating and recruiting Thune opponents?”

  1. no opponent=no race=no stories=promoting self interests by having news people promote an opponent

  2. Phil Shriek lashes out more vehemently then any news reporter I have ever witnessed. He has anger issues if my perception of people is even half right. Thune will eat him alive in any debate. (Taken from Stace Nelson’s after hours floor speech.)

    I know , I’m slow and fat and make up words and surely not even close to smart too……..LOL.

  3. I will make it a point of not listening to KSOO or watching KSFY anymore as I am trying to not support Socialism and the hatred of America. Phil Schrek as a senator? Don’t make me laugh. Phil, why don’t you move away to somewhere you’d be more comfortable like San Francisco or Seattle? And take Todd Epp with you.

      1. yeah, they’re almost out of chances to bring new progressivism into a state that hasn’t had it before.

  4. kevin’s a pretty even handed guy. if he’s rounding up a democrat to take on thune, he might also round up a republican to take on thune too.

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