As I peer through the double murk of Madison City Commission-speak and Chuck Clement's reporting thereof, I find my hometown mayor and commissioners making an interesting political statement about our Congress... and maybe our Congresswoman. The Madison City Commission voted…
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Vote now in the latest Madville Times poll: Given Kristi Noem's failure in D.C., whom should South Dakota elect to Congress in 2014? I give your four options: Re-elect Noem: After all, maybe you like government that doesn't work. Elect…
Yesterday, Nielson Brothers Polling announced its finding that South Dakotans are pretty evenly split in blaming the Republicans and the Democrats for the partial federal government shutdown. Not so with a national sample: The Republican Party has been badly damaged…
Speaking of paychecks, our South Dakota delegation to Washington appears to be doing the right thing and declining to take their paychecks while their fecklessness leaves 800,000 other federal workers scrambling to cover their bills without their usual pay. The…
Speaking of delay, Kristi, where's that Farm Bill? For the second year in a row, Rep. Kristi Noem has failed to deliver a Farm Bill on time. Noem's Minnesota farm-country colleague, Democratic Rep. Tim Walz captured the frustration we should…
The Farm Bill finally hits the fast track this week in Washington. This flurry of action does not come as a result of Congresswoman Kristi Noem's efforts, which consist mostly of fallacious reasoning on global trade and assertions that farm…
I could almost feel sorry for Congresswoman Kristi Noem. Almost. It turns out Rep. Kristi Noem's complete cluelessness about policy and her inattention to committee work are not unique to her laziness and arrogant lack of intellectual curiosity. Noem is…