Stan versus Elli - On why Elli won
Senator Stan Adelstein is grousing about why he didn't win in Tuesday's primaries in today's Rapid City Journal. And some of his commentary is very telling:
Stan thinks its all about abortion and his crusade against HB 1215. No. It's about less government, lower taxes, and a good education for our kids.
Representative Larry Rhoden get it - here's what he had to say about the race:
Schwiesow said she needed an effort like that, along with the $50,000 in cash to stay in the spending war at all with Adelstein. Adelstein contributed more than $100,000 of his own money to the primary two years ago and was expected to easily top that this year.Read it all here. Stan lost one of the most liberal legislative districts in Rapid City. And not only s he still bashing his opponent, he's bashing his voters for rejecting him. Even the Republicans in this affluent, well educated legislative district recognizes the need for conservative fiscal leadership.
He bought a savvy and expensive media campaign that looked more like a congressional campaign than a legislative battle, hitting key differences between the candidates aimed at labeling Schwiesow a conservative extremist.
“We could never keep up with what he was doing,” Schwiesow said about Adelstein’s blitz of media and mailings. “I had volunteers who were so committed to this race, because of the issues and their feelings. You just can’t beat that.”
Adelstein found that to be true this year, despite his own staff of paid campaign workers and a group of volunteers. The six-year legislative veteran spoke confidently going into the primary and actually led by a substantial margin as the first and second precinct reports came in. But subsequent precincts turned sharply in Schwiesow’s favor, leaving Adelstein and his supporters stunned late Tuesday evening.
Adelstein said Wednesday that he still wasn’t ready to discuss the loss. Instead, he issued a news release saying he was grateful for the chance to serve in Pierre but disappointed that voters had “validated a brand of social conservatism that I consider to be exclusionary and harmful to the health and well-being of South Dakota women and their families.”
Stan thinks its all about abortion and his crusade against HB 1215. No. It's about less government, lower taxes, and a good education for our kids.
Representative Larry Rhoden get it - here's what he had to say about the race:
Adelstein has spoken harshly about the bill and said during a rally against HB1215 in downtown Rapid City that some who supported it should be voted out of office.The election is over - and as I've said before, voters want Republicans to act like Republicans. And good Republicans know the battle is over. It's time to come together to move forward to November as a unified team.
House Republican Leader Larry Rhoden of Union Center, an HB1215 supporter who easily survived his primary Tuesday, said Adelstein’s less-than-conservative philosophy and statements eventually caught up with him.“I saw Stan become more and more bold on some of those things during his six years in office,” Rhoden said. “Then, he was calling for us to be voted out of office, and it absolutely blew up in his face.”
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And Rhoden said those who lost, including Adelstein and Duniphan, are out of step.
Comments
PP, suddenly in the past *three days* your mantra has been of Republican's less government, lower taxes, and better education.
Where was that message before?
Less government? Really? State government has only grown - at a rate faster than any other governmental agency.
Face it, PP... you are as caught up as the rest. You want power, and you'll stick to your message even if its a distortion.
He was counting on their support at the polls and it didn't happen. I am happy he lost but he should be a little upset with being used like that.
They are having a good laugh over this at Planned parenthood, I expect, for shame kate.
Abortion = Murder
Get it?
Got it?
Good!!!
It's perhaps better for Democrats for a wishy washy Republican to lose as it makes it easier to monitor the wingnuts on the fringe of the party who are more likely to frighten the Adelstein voters into giving up on the Republicans not only for the national party's missteps, corruption, distractions, poor polling, etc.
That Stan lost when battling "extremists" is not a shock since the extremists had more of a stake in the result.
And it's not so much a legislative gain for the party as Ellie is the carbon copy of her galpal Concerned Women For America's Liz Kraus.
Stan's ads were correct about one thing, he was the "real Republican" and a "Real Conservative" in the race. Ellie is one of the NeoCons of failed war policy, social engineering, and big government of the Bush administration.
Stan is perhaps more a Libertatian / Bill Maher Republican concerned with fiscal health, state business, and changing the status quo rather than a regressive candidate working to return to an imaginary 1950s that only existed on TV.
INCEST
RAPE
INCEST
Personal responsibility, huh?
Huh? Where did this BS come from? Is this the latest propaganda frame running from the extremes in preparation for the general election?
At the national level, the Republican "leaders" are saying the general election will be all about local issues since Bush public support has dropped close to whale dung.
At the local level, is the Republican word to run from Leslee Unruh like the rest of the party is running from Bush?
Good luck to GOP candidates running on secret pheasant hunt parties and use of the Gov's plane for private junkets. Looks like some real winners for local issues.
http://www.cagle.com/news/AbortionSD/main.asp
It was to the betterment of the people of South Dakota. The Legislature will never back anything Looby puts her name on and that would make Stan a lame duck.
What was he thinking?
As anonymous 8:29 said: "Standing up for life and opposing abortion does not mean that we want more government. Standing up for life and opposing abortion means we oppose murder! Pro-abortionists just don't get it. It's not that hard to understand. However, I guess pro-abortionists just have a tough time accepting responsibility for their actions."
Well said, 8:29!
How many times does that need to be repeated?
GOP Lie #2: Lower taxes. Rounds and his 2/3 GOP majority in 2003 passed more than $20 million million/year in tax increases. Even while holding hostage over $1 billion in taxpayer money, Rounds and GOP majority opposed Dem attempts to repeal the food tax. Rounds and GOP raise taxes and fight tax cuts. see for yourself on legis.state.sd.us 2003 legislative session.
GOP Lie #3: Good education. Even while holding hostage over $1 billion in taxpayer money, Rounds and 2/3 GOP majority underfunded the school formula forcing 80% of school districts to opt out of property tax limits just to get by yes - that's 80% and yes - that's higher property taxes forced on all of us by the GOP. GOP 2/3 majority has not given us mandatory preschool, and haven't even put in a bill on that - showing they just don't care about early learning. SD teachers remain the lowest paid in the country. Rounds and GOP 2/3 majority have fought all attempts to bring us a good education - even trying in 2006 to strip school districts of the right to offer broad-based sex ed - instead trying to force all schools to teach abstinence only (how many people reading this remained abstinent until marriage?) Rounds and GOP treat education like a redheaded stepchild.
Get over it.