Let me see if I have this all straight. Kevin Woster and David Montgomery report that Governor Dennis Daugaard has intervened in five Republican primaries with endorsements for his favored Republicans: Sen. Deb Peters over Rep. Lora Hubbel for District…
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The wingnuts are really piling on Governor Dennis Daugaard now. Not only does the Governor back baby-killers, but he also wants to take away the guns God gave you to shoot those baby-killers. So sorta-sayeth the National Association for Gun…
Senator Tom Nelson (R-31/Lead) and Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) vote to kill babies. That's what South Dakota's Taliban want you to believe. Riffing on the South Dakota Right to Life primary voter guide, right-wingnut Ed Randazzo urges fetus fetishists across…
I get queasy when Bob Ellis agrees with me. I noted a few days ago Governor Daugaard's insertion of himself into the local District 31 GOP Senate primary. Arch-conservative Ellis takes much greater umbrage at the Governor's exertion of influence:…
Governor Dennis Daugaard issues his "heartiest congratulations" to all South Dakota graduates. (He's saving his least hearty congratulations for National Blog Recognition Day... whenever that is.) The Governor says many silly things to our graduates. Fortunately, South Dakota's parents, teachers,…
We generally expect Republican and Democratic party officials to avoid endorsing candidates in the primaries. South Dakota GOP bosses were careful not to speak up for Mitt Romney until his main challengers quit. SDGOP by-laws Section 3.1.A.51 make Governor Dennis…
It's not just Democrats running for State Legislature who are making campaign hay of Governor Daugaard's wildly unpopular education reform package. De Smet Republican Jay BK Slater, who is running for District 22 House, does me the courtesy of mentioning…
In a move my conservative neighbors ought to be cheering, the federal government is cutting back spending on child safety. Since 2005, South Dakota parents have benefited from the Project 8 Child Seat Program, which last year alone handed out…