Pat Powers promotes Annette Bosworth for two reasons: Giving Bosworth any positive attention fosters the notion that she is a serious, viable candidate, further divides the anti-Mike Rounds vote, and boosts the chances that Pat's guy Mike wins the primary.…
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2-4-6-8, whom do legislators hate? Teachers. Women. Vocal citizens. And this just in: homosexuals. Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) proposed SB 141 to clarify the definition of domestic abuse. Sen. Peters wants to include "pattern of abusive behaviors" in our legal…
As the bad news rolls in about the South Dakota Republican Party's continuing war on teachers, I take small comfort in seeing our legislators having the good sense to whack at least a few bad ideas. I noted the demise…
South Dakota Republicans continue to wage class warfare. Rep. Mark Kirkeby (R-35/Rapid City) wants to try again at requiring welfare recipients to take drug tests. Rep. Kirkeby proposed such a bill last year; it failed in the House 26-42. Rep.…