South Dakota War College

I clipped this one off of the Argus website because that's easily the most lurid headline I've seen on this story . And of more concern, why is Senator Johnson's staff coming off as a little paranoid about this? Except for shortly after the story broke, it's not like there were throngs of people waiting outside of his hospital room trying to get a photo of him like he was Anna Nicole Smith or something. Although, spokeswoman Julianne Fischer might disagree: “When he first went into the hospital, there were cameras camped outside our office in D.C. and two of the three offices in the state and outside of the hospital for days on end,” Johnson’s spokeswoman Julianne Fisher said. “It was very intense. “The family is trying to release as much information as they can, but they want him to focus on getting better and not feel self-conscious.” and.. Although that speculation has ceased and it now seems apparent that Johnson could serve out the remaining two years of his term...

If you're working for a Senator on his staff because he's going to be seeking re-election, it just comes off as an odd move to open up a consulting firm at the same time. Because it would give most people the impression that one was hedging their bets... From the Associated Press Sen. Tim Johnson's new deputy chief of staff, Steve Jarding, is opening a political consulting business in Virginia. Jarding started his job in Johnson's Rapid City, S.D., office on Thursday, and he says he will not be paid by the new firm, called Maverick Strategies and Mail. He has also decided to take an extended leave from the new political consulting business as it gets started, to avoid any appearance of a conflict. The South Dakota senator is recovering from a December brain hemorrhage, but offered Jarding the job before he fell ill, according to Johnson's office. The hire set off speculation that Jarding was brought in to eventually run the South Dakota Democrat's 2008 re-electi...