Senator Tim Johnson has spared South Dakota the embarassment of having the last Democratic Senator who supports marriage discrimination against non-heterosexuals: After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious…
Posts tagged as “Stephanie Herseth Sandlin”
Lest anyone get too excited about Stephanie Herseth Sandlin's strong showing in the Madville Times Easter poll on potential South Dakota Senate candidates, here's a reminder that SHS's Blue Doggery still sticks in the craw of some members of the…
The latest Madville Times poll asked you, gentle readers, which South Dakotans would be the strongest Dem and GOP candidates for Senate in 2014. 215 of you weighed in on the Democratic choices; 206 of you checked a Republican. That's…
Public Policy Polling offers some support to the Displaced Plainsman's thesis that the SDGOP propaganda machine is hyping a possible 2014 Democratic primary battle for Senator Tim Johnson's seat to keep our attention away from the real party-wrecker that could…
Kevin Woster says we liberals are a nuisance for Stephanie Herseth Sandlin: Herseth Sandlin often comes off as guarded and self protective, in part because you get that way trying to survive as a statewide-elected Democratic in a Republican-leaning state.…
I saw the Politico headline "Nepotism Charges Follow Son of Senator Before Possible Run" and thought "That can't be good." But I read the article and found "nepotism charges" are apparently mostly Republicans firing up the fog machine: “They don’t…
Brenda Wade Schmidt answers Pat Powers's question about Clarity Polling's recent calls around the state. It appears they have a client interested in the 2014 gubernatorial campaign: The first question was whether I had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of…