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Posts tagged as “Jeff Barth”
Herseth Sandlin Makes Fundraising Pitch for Varilek; Barth on Board
By caheidelberger on 2012.06.26
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin chose not to join Senator Tim Johnson, Tom Daschle, and George McGovern in endorsing Matt Varilek in the Democratic primary over Jeff Barth. But with Varilek now nominated to nullify Noem, Herseth Sandlin is ready to shout,…
Jeff Barth Makes MSNBC, Emphasizes Equal Rights, Political Class Warfare
By caheidelberger on 2012.06.04
Jeff Barth gets more free media, with five minutes on MSNBC with Chuck Todd this morning. Chuck Todd says that on a busy primary Tuesday, he says Barth's video and challenge to Matt Varilek deserve the attention of political junkies…
Barth Bashes Deadly Noem Medicare Plan; GOP Doesn’t Like Death Panel Reflection
By caheidelberger on 2012.06.04
Jeff Barth has been hammering Republicans on health care so hard that they've felt obliged to respond. GOP tool-blog Dakota War College takes Barth to task for using the Holocaust-loaded phrase "Final Solution" in describing Rep. Kristi Noem's support for…
Barth Late in Filing Pre-Primary Campaign Finance Report
By caheidelberger on 2012.06.02
I said I'm 95% sure I'll vote for Jeff Barth Tuesday. That number can go down. If I'm going to give Secretary Gant a hard time for his tardiness, I must do the same to Jeff Barth. Pre-primary campaign finance…
Sioux Falls Paper Picks Varilek; Real Liberal Media Does Not
By caheidelberger on 2012.06.01
That Sioux Falls paper is telling us to vote for Varilek. That by itself should be enough to make me vote for Barth. As I note in my May 31 South Dakota Magazine column, I thought the Democratic primary for…
Jeff Barth Says the Magic Words: Single-Payer
By caheidelberger on 2012.05.29
Yeah, yeah, U.S. House candidate Jeff Barth can make a good campaign video. But here's a signal to us Wellstone-Kucinich-McGovern Democrats that Barth can make good policy on health care. On SDPB's South Dakota Focus last Thursday, Jeff Barth and…
Jeff Barth, Political Video Genius
By caheidelberger on 2012.05.25
Is Jeff Barth the change South Dakota Democrats have been waiting for? His new campaign video suggests he could be: Oh, that mannequin: yes, Jeff, yes! Barth's video, unlike Kristi Noem's early Texas-filmed ads in 2010, was shot entirely in…