Republicans Losing National Blame Game, Putting House Control in Jeopardy
Yesterday, Nielson Brothers Polling announced its finding that South Dakotans are pretty evenly split in blaming the Republicans and the Democrats for the partial federal government shutdown. Not so...
View ArticleEvans Won’t Seek Libertarian Primary Synergy with Nelson
Last month I thought I had a brilliant idea: get Libertarian candidate Kurt Evans to conditionally back Republican Rep. Stace Nelson in the GOP Senate primary. Nelson gets synergy with...
View ArticleAmericans Want More Affordable Care Act, Fewer Republicans in Congress
Dakota War College tells two lies this morning (what, cutting back, Pat?). First, he says he's D.C. Republicans' "exclusive" South Dakota outlet for their propaganda. He's not: the space-wasting...
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Congresswoman Dresses Like Farmhand; GOP Fashion Police Stand Down
The AgFirst Co-op Elevator in Aurora hosted a hastily convened meeting on the stalled Farm Bill yesterday. With so little notice, hardly anyone was able to attend, just a couple reporters, a blogger...
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GOP Old Guard to Rounds: Save Us, Obi-Wan! You’re Our Only Hope!
Economist Simon Johnson recaps the immediate and the long-term damage the Tea Party has done to the American economy and concludes the only thing that can save us from the ideological excesses of the...
View ArticleBosworth Campaign Lied about Self-Funding
After reporting that U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth-Haber's third-quarter campaign haul included no personal funds, Bosworth campaign operative and well-placed Republican consultant Patrick...
View ArticleNo Lie About Keeping Insurance, but Public Option Would Beat Republican ACA
Dakota War College claims that President Obama lied about the Affordable Care Act and the ability to keep one's current health insurance. No, President Obama did not lie: At issue is the President’s...
View ArticleNew Republican Blog: South Dakota’s One-Party Rule Breeds Corruption
Pat Powers outs Pierre-area Republican Jim Sheehan as author of a new blog, Republican Territory. Sheehan has been playing Federalist Papers fitfully for a bit over a year, warming his quill behind a...
View ArticleRounds Challengers Run Right, Miss Opening Down the Middle?
Half of the Republican field of U.S. Senate candidates spoke at a debate at the School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City last night. John Tsitrian says we didn't miss much: The choir these two were...
View ArticleNelson Follows Reagan in Critique of Fellow Republicans; Mike Rounds = Gerald...
Dakota War College continues its fluffery to protect sponsor Marion Michael Rounds from criticism and scrutiny. Blogger Pat Powers speciously conflates U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Stace Nelson's...
View ArticleAt Least Two Republicans Sign GOED/EB-5 Audit Petition; Here’s Why All Should
Republican state representatives Elizabeth May (R-27/Kyle) and Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) have bravely signed Rep. Kathy Tyler's (D-4/Big Stone City) petition calling for a special session to authorize...
View ArticleEllis and Ellis Tell Us What’s Swell Is Not GOP Economic Development Policy
In my South Dakota Magazine column this week, I harken back to Adam Smith and challenge some gubernatorial candidate to propose eliminating the Governor's Office of Economic Development: ...let...
View ArticleJason Ravnsborg Joins Senate Race, Promises ACA Propaganda and Secrets
Folks may not like Congress, but working there sure seems popular. Yankton attorney Jason Ravnsborg is the fifth Republican entry into the U.S. Senate race. campaign for the U.S. Senate seat Tim...
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Rushmore PAC Scrubbing Rounds-Related Content
Is support for Mike Rounds going soft? Let's read some tea leaves: Dan Lederman's Rushmore PAC used to be somewhat excited about the former governor's entry into the race to replace Senator Tim...
View ArticleVote Now in Madville Times Christmas GOP Senate Poll!
I polled the GOP Senate race in July; with Jason Ravnsborg offering his Christmas surprise to shake up the race, it's time to stick the thermometer in the online electorate again. If the primary were...
View ArticleWhy Some Republicans Hate Republican Stan Adelstein
So Stan Adelstein resigns from the South Dakota Senate, and the opposite-of-classy Pat Powers can only gripe that Adelstein played political hardball with Pat's pals, the same kind of war-college...
View ArticlePatricia (Stricherz) Shiery Returns to Run for District 35 House
Patricia Shiery is seeking a Legislative comeback. Pierre watchers know her better as Patricia Stricherz, who unseated Gerry Lange in 2010 to win a term in the House for District 8. After two sessions...
View ArticleRepublican Defines Diversity for MLK Day
Dakota War College continues to offer brilliant demonstrations of Newspeak. First, the SDGOP press release machine celebrates Martin Luther King Day by offering the Republican definition of diversity,...
View ArticleGod Hates Fags But Loves All Dogs, Say Eight South Dakota Legislators
Some South Dakota legislators think it's fine to discriminate against certain kinds of human beings but not to discriminate against certain kinds of dogs. Senate Bill 75 appears to be a manifestation...
View ArticleActivists Move on Medicaid Expansion; Nervous Republicans to Pre-Empt?
Todd Epp reports that MoveOn.org is moving on Governor Dennis Daugaard's unconscionable refusal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act: With the right strategy, we can force Governor Daugaard...
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