Kudos to Ken Santema for making the drive out to Ipswich for Monday's District 23 GOP House candidates forum. His summary of the candidates' responses to audience questions is a useful guide for voters in the sparse but sprawling north…
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KELO radio talker Greg Belfrage caught heck from some Republicans for endorsing Democrat Mike Huether for re-election as mayor of Sioux Falls. (Huether won yesterday, 55% to 45%, over Republican Greg Jamison.) Now in response to yesterday's election results, Belfrage…
Rep. Jenna Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) gives CPAC and speech students everywhere an example of how not to conclude a speech: So discover your personal passion, seize opportunity right in front of you, and watch your calling unfold [Rep. Jenna Haggar,…
Toby did a great job highlighting Congresswoman Kristi Noem's failure to keep COOL. Here are a few more notes on the 2012 Farm Bill, which Noem has dragged out to 2014, and which lays bare Noem's false Tea Party credentials:…
Ken Santema is one of the more rational voices of the conservative South Dakota blogosphere. But his wishlist for the 2014 Legislative session only affirms my concerns that we can't count on the harder right to focus on practical legislative…
Charley Najacht of the Custer County Chronicle offers a brief summary of the debate that took place in Custer on Monday, November 4, between Republican U.S. Senate candidates Stace Nelson and Larry Rhoden. Check out the exchange on taxes: Nelson…
Rep. Stace Nelson is fighting a primary within a primary. Everyone knows the main event is the GOP Senate primary battle with mainstream money favorite Marion Michael Rounds. To make it to that main event, Nelson must beat state senator…
Now I know why Birchy conservatives really hate the Affordable Care Act: it requires insurance companies to cover vaccines! "Payment has always been a big barrier to making sure children are properly protected against those preventable diseases," Sanford Clinic Chief…