UPDATE 19:28 MDT: No, he is not. As Michael Larson, teacher and debate coach at Lennox High School informs us below, Mr. Otten is not dodging any debate. He has not declined to appear on stage one-on-one with Mr. Schriever.…
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David Montgomery works hard to make clear that when Public Utilities Commissioner, Republican, and cool State Fair debater Chris Nelson said that "any candidate ought to be willing" to talk the issues and debate at the State Fair, he wasn't…
Matt Varilek's campaign manager David Benson sends out an invitation and campagin donation pitch to supporters that alleges Rep. Kristi Noem is luring her followers to stack the DakotaFest debate audience with free food, shirts, and transportation: As you may…
Much of the criticism of Rep. Kristi Noem's refusal to debate Democratic challenger Matt Varilek at the South Dakota State Fair hinges on the assumption that she's afraid to face disgruntled farmers, ranchers, and eaters over her inability to pass…
Asked why she's skipping the traditional State Fair debate, hosted this year by the South Dakota Farmers Union, Rep. Kristi Noem answers with a typical run-on sentence: We're still considering debates and looking at them but we're going to make…
As eager commenter Matt Groce mentioned this morning, Congresswoman Kristi Noem has declined to face Democratic challenger Matt Varilek in a debate at the State Fair hosted by the South Dakota Farmers Union. Matt Varilek can hardly believe Noem's dodge.…
In high school policy debate, we teach students to prove that there is a significant problem, to demonstrate the harms that problem causes, to show that the status quo cannot solve that problem, and to propose and defend a plan…