An eager reader suggests that Congresswoman Kristi Noem's photo of State Senator Chuck Welke is news:
Great to see Chuck at Castlewood Days today! pic.twitter.com/HkHp7ESw06
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) August 9, 2014
I'm looking for the headline here...
- Sockless White Man Rides Golf Cart at Local Festival? Nope—that's as common as corn-shucking.
- Noem Dresses Down for August Recess? Nope—with no sartorial hyperventilation from the GOP's selective fashion mavens, our Congresswoman is spending August in constant sport-girl slop-chic.
- Congresswoman Gives Democrat Good Press at Expense of Former GOP Seatmate—ah, that's the headline... maybe.
Rep. Noem takes a moment to tweet a picture of herself with her current state senator, Chuck Welke, who happens to be a Democrat. No problem: I consort with folks on the other side of the aisle all the time, and it doesn't mean I endorse them. Rep. Noem has been working on the youth vote with her couch-sleeping cred; why not burnish her bipartisanship with an easy photo?
But Demcoratic State Senator Welke is running for re-election against Republican State Rep. Brock Greenfield, who served alongside Noem when she was stuck in Pierre. Where's the Noem–Greenfield picture from Castlewood Days? Does the Welke–Noem photo implicitly endorse Welke or boost Welke's vote count?
Unlikely. The photo isn't that great for Welke's press purposes: he's not smiling, she's not looking at the camera, and it's cloudy. The photo says less about about Noem and more about Greenfield: if he wanted a picture with our Congresswoman, he should have trucked his golf cart to Castlewood, too. (Welke and Greenfield could enter the mud drags today at Memorial Park! Now that would be awesome politicking!)
Greenfield did send Noem's campaign $250 last winter. I have yet to see any Noem money in the Greenfield campaign kitty, but the Secretary of State's campaign finance report viewer appears to be broken, and the election season is yet young!
Noem: Memorial Implicitly Local Festival
that is the only way that acronym works,imho. Are you contemplating an acronymious affair?
If anybody can attend Noem will be in Alexandria on Tuesday at Joe's Cafe at 1:30 p.m.
I have to work so I won't be able to.
Noem should class it up a bit as a congresswoman. You don't see Thune out running around in cutoff shorts with holes and a tank top. It turns off quite a few people to see her show up like she doesn't have a lot of respect for the people she is meeting with.
Welke is a really strong candidate and the kind of Democrat Democrat's should be recruiting if they want to win in Republican districts.
Greenfield is at the State Amatuer Baseball tourney in Mitchell where he gets free room and board for 11 days.
Free room and board? Who's paying that bill, Mike?
The state baseball association. Why do you think the tourney is in SF every 2 years? The commissioners stay at the Sheraton and hang in a suite for the entire tourney! In Mitchell they are in the Holiday Inn and have a courtesy trailer.
Heck of a job! Kristi should have gone down and gotten pictures for us. :-)
Young Mr. Greenfield seems a bit slothish and slow afoot to be a baseball player. What position does he play?
No position anymore. He is now an authority figure.