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Pressler on TV, Says Can Win Three-Way Senate Race

Hey! Larry Pressler got on TV Sunday morning! MSNBC's Steve Kornacki talked to South Dakota's combusting Independent Senate candidate about our how to attack ISIS, how to get Congress back to work, and how to win a three-way race in…

Epp: Did US Make Iraq Worse by Deposing Saddam Hussein?

Candidates Rick Weiland and Larry Pressler both think re-engaging militarily in Iraq is a bad idea. Journalist Todd Epp says our previous engagement wasn't terribly successful. The reasons for the Second Gulf War were fourfold: Get rid of weapons of…

Annette Bosworth, Holy War-Monger

Update 16:59 CDT: Annette Bosworth's beacon, Che Guevara, also wanted America to over-extend itself in multiple Vietnams. * * * David Montgomery gets all five of South Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates on the record in opposition to attacking Syria... well,…

South Dakotans Not Up for Attacking Syria: What Shall We Do?

I'm having trouble finding anyone in South Dakota to tell me that throwing our military might at Syria is a good idea. Former Senator Jim Abourezk spoke forcefully on SDPB yesterday noon against U.S. military intervention in Syria. Abourezk's wife…

Noem Declares Bush Wars Wrong

...or so one could conclude from the language Rep. Kristi Noem uses in her August 29 interview with the editorial board of that Sioux Falls paper. Publisher Randall Beck asks Rep. Noem the extent to which South Dakotans are engaged…

Romney Politicizes Muslim Attacks on U.S. Diplomats

Dr. Blanchard calls "inept" and "morally craven" the efforts of the American embassy in Cairo to cool the tensions fueling the now deadly attacks on our facilities in the Muslim world. Facing down angry mobs backed with rocket launchers, our…