Breaking News: Frederick not in SDGOP Chair Race
I've had it confirmed from at least two independent sources that State GOP Chair Randy Frederick is calling and telling people that he does not intend to seek the South Dakota GOP Chairmanship when it's up again this next February.
This opens up a huge void, as it comes as an unexpected move, and there's no one out there currently looking at it.
So let the chairman race begin.
This opens up a huge void, as it comes as an unexpected move, and there's no one out there currently looking at it.
So let the chairman race begin.
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I'm glad Randy might be leaving, but Russel is not a step up to me.
And Larry enjoys a huge amount of support from the party grassroots. Much more than some old timer who wants to clip the grassroots because they want a say in how things are done.
And PDQ, Russell's absentee ballot fraud factory resulted in criminal charges, guilty pleas, and forfeitures of notary rights. When the GOP is trying to recover from scandals from sea to shining sea, do you really want to call renewed attention to the local scandal? Russell was also in Ohio when everything went to shit there. You want the Dems to take charge, put Russell in.
Oops. Wrong party.
Flava Flav sez "Fight the Powers! PP needs his own reality show!"
As to the improprities, they happen every day by notaries across the state and are never prosecuted. However, when elections are at issue or involved there is rightfully so a greater amount of scrutiny applied.
Larry, either knowingly or unknowingly allowed this stuff to happen. It raises legitimate questions as to Larry's ability to lead and conduct oversight.
Larry would be a great chair but the questions of his actions raise many questions that have not been answered yet.
That's just who the Democrats want us to have, and just who Republicans don't need.
Joel represents the past. The distant past we need to leave behind. It's a top down management style that says screw the grassroots, it's about money and not ideas and Republican values.
PLEASE don't let it be Joel. He represents a past best forgotten, and not our future.
Don't forget he lost Abdnor in 1986 and Thune in 2002. (I'll have to check on Pressler to verify whether he was in charge of that one).
I repeat. We don't want Joel.
Both Russells make everyone feel like they are worth a million dollars. He would have no problem bridging any gaps.
Keep him away from College Republicans who are more than willing to take part in shady political operatons.
Really ask yourself what does Larry actually bring to the post of chairman?
They are the sort of qualities I will want in a GOP chair when they deal with Pres. Hillary AND a Dem congress in 2009.
He only had what he had because of Thune.
As for 3:38's comment about Joel losing the 2002 Thune race, keep in mind that larry russell was the head of the grassroots victory organization in that race and he worked very closely with the Thune campaign led by Herb Jones.
Dang dirty keyboard.
Randall also has his eye on something else.
One never knows what could be coming down the pike do we.
He just needs to set out for a while to make amends.
This would be great position for Schoenbeck. He could stay relevant and would do what it takes to lay the groundwork for 2010, which would be good for him and the rest of the party.
I'm sure you'd LOVE to be GOP Chair. But you can't have a chairman whose primary interest is self promotion - it has to be a person who puts the party first. Having a potential candidate for governor would be a disaster.
BTW, where did the news come from that Randy is the new Ag Secretary?
Watertown Public Opinion Headline Yesterday .... " Schoenbeck accused of kissing lawmaker's wife."
Get the fork..... he's done!
Larry Russell has the backing of so many grassroots supporters/workers in this state!!
The same supporters/workers that made John Thune our US Senator.
Larry is a great choice to be the GOP Chairman!! LONG LIVE LCR
I am not sure he would be a fav for the general voter.
Can come off cold.
Also, I've heard that the McLaughlins are good friends of Sutton.
Don't forget, it wasn't Lee that brought the accusations against Dan, but a hard-core democrat by the name of Dennis Wiese.
There's a ton of politicos in SD that would love to be chairman and do a good job.
Really it should be called the "East River State Republican Party". God knows the state party has never done anything for West River.
The only person worse than Lee for the positions (other than Randy Frederick) and who would be even more of a self promoter is Joel Dykstra.
Do you really need to ask?
Just what is the best interest for the state party?
This cycle Republican voters voted against tax relief, for tax increase, for Pelosi, against innocent life, narrowly defeating pot, narrowly winning marriage protection and in the hottest race elected to office the most liberal Democrat paid for by a wealthy RINO. This and more under the lack of leadership of Randy.
I pick Glodt or Randall.
I need a thorough explanation from him about his inability to convince Rounds and Fredrick that the grassroots machine should have been built this year instead of waiting another election cycle.
If Glodt is such a good choice for party chair why was he unable to convince Rounds et. al. that we needed a better way to run campaigns that we used this last election cycle.
Frankly anybody associated witth the Rounds clan and his team should be wiped away from the politisphere this next time around.
A vote at convention????
I don't know what vote or what convention you are going to but if you are talking about the new state party chair election that is NOT done at convention it is done in Feb at the State Central Committee meeting!
Yep, you have a vote if you happen to be elected to represent your county that is.
Contact the state party office or your current county chair for information about the By-laws.
If for some reason I have misunderstood you I am sorry, but it doesn't seem that I have.
Really his name backwards is lessur seperate it out it is less-u-r. OUCH
Sorry, I should not pick on him.
We don't need a guy who went to DC and said that he voted for Daschle to be the head of our party.
We most certainly don't a guy who refused to lift a finger for Pressler to be the head of our party.
And we most definitely do not need a guy who has Rosenthal sucking his hind teet to be anywhere near the party.
Republicans in this state win because of multiple interests and Janklow would crush an important element of Republican victories in the past few years, that is the christian conservative vote. He drive them out and we would lose a valuable voting block that help bring John Thune and others into office.
Stop picking on Glodster. He's great but he's not ready for this job yet.
And amen to the get rid of Rounds clan. Those folks have driven the party into the ground.
Randy: why wasn't their a victory party or at least something similiar to it in Sioux Falls or Rapid this year? You failed to leverage the party machine against your two largest and most politically active cities in the state.
Phone banks, walkers, doorknockers, you name it all at your dispoal and you pissed it down your leg. The Rounds political team and the folks operating around it need to go!
why did Satgast and Nelson get 8k a piece and Latrell and Earley only got 250?
Dick Kelley got 40k and still lost. Maybe because you should have a ground game, instead you tried to win local neighborhood race primarily through the media.
I could have found 40 doorknockers for 2 weeks for 1 or 2k.