SDDP Tooting their own horn

By -
South Dakota Democrats are tooting their horn tonight for the rare occasion of their actually fielding a near full slate of candidates. From Elesha Carr in my e-mail box:
In 2002, the South Dakota Democratic Party fielded 68 candidates for the state legislature. In 2004, the SDDP fielded 71 candidates. For the 2006 election the South Dakota Democratic Party is pleased to announce it will be fielding well over 100 candidates to compete for 94 legislative seats. This is a net gain of 26 candidates in four years.

and..

Getting this great slate of candidates is only the beginning. South Dakotans have had enough of the abusive one party rule in Pierre-- but it's going to take your involvement to make change happen.
"Abusive one party rule in Pierre?" How about, "What few candidates we've fielded in the past haven't been able to win, and as a result we're totally neutered." Of course, that would require focusing the microscope on themselves.

But that's fine. Political races are afoot, and from the sounds of the rhetoric, the gloves are off.

Let the games begin.

Comments

Anonymous said…
C'mon now PP. You know the game as good as anyone else. Of course, that doesn't mean you have to like it. But don't act surprised, and don't act like the gloves haven't been off for the past six to ten years.
10:49 PM
PP said…
I'm not surprised. I'm smiling.

I'm smiling a big grin *because* the tone is a bit darker and more competitive this year. You won't hear me whine about "negative campaigning" like others.
11:02 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A note from Benedict Ar... Sorry. A note from Stan Adelstein why he thinks you should vote Democrat this year.

By -
Image
(Click on letter to enlarge) And while it may not be printed at taxpayer expense, I don't see a disclaimer, either. When they hold the special session (supposedly at the end of November) , since he's left them already, I think his colleagues should expel him from the caucus. Sure. At that point it's only going to be symbolic. But since he's already said he's running again in the near future, sometimes symbolism is enough.
Read more

Corson County information on Klaudt Rape Charges

By -
Here's some of the information on the Corson County Charges: COUNT I That on or about December of 2005, in the County of Corson, State of South Dakota, Ted Alvin Klaudt did commit the public offense of SECOND DEGREE RAPE (SDCL 22-22-1(2)) in that he did accomplish an act of sexual penetration with his foster daughter, A.M., through the use of force or coercion; and as to COUNT II That on or about July or August of 2006, in the County of Corson, State of South Dakota, Ted Alvin Klaudt did commit the public offense of SECOND DEGREE RAPE (SDCL 22-22-1(2)) in that he did accomplish an act of sexual penetration with his foster daughter, A.M., through the use of force or coercion; and as to COUNT III That on or about July or August of 2006, in the County of Corson, State of South Dakota, Ted Alvin Klaudt did commit the public offense of SECOND DEGREE RAPE (SDCL 22-22-1(2)) in that he did accomplish an act of sexual penetration, separate and distinct from the act alleged in Count II, with...
Read more

It's about health, not potential promiscuity.

By -
As the only South Dakota blogger out with 5 daughters, I feel I need to weigh in on the whole discussion that's occurring with regards to the HPV vaccine, and Governor Rounds' proposal to make it available. My family (including my three oldest girls) watched my mom, their grandmother, succumb slowly and painfully to cancer which spread throughout her body. If a similar fate from a different type of cancer was preventable through a simple shot, why wouldn't anyone advocate for it? At the age most of my kids are going to be getting it, they're still playing with barbies, and negative influences such as most of the programming on MTV, and other assorted trashy television is verboten in my house. All they're going to know about this vaccination is that it's a shot, just like for teatnus or measles. They'll go "Ow, I don't want a shot," and that will be it. Just another mark on their vaccination record. One check box for DPT, one for HPV, and so on...
Read more