My friend Mitch Gaffer has coached debate at Huron High School for 32 years. He says Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both put in novice performances in Sunday’s…
Month: October 2016
While I was out campaigning over the weekend, one of my Aberdeen neighbors recognized me and said, “I’m not voting for you, Cory, but tell me about…
Ping. Ping. Ping-ping-ping-ping-ping-ping-ping-ping— Rep. Isaac Latterell (R-6/a P.O. Box in Tea) sets off the B.S. meter with this ad misportraying himself as a defender of education:…
Now for the real debate: Rep. Paula Hawks versus Rep. Kristi Noem! Our Democratic challenger took on our Republican incumbent in front of the Sioux…
In our first and possibly only head-to-head candidate forum on September 24, Al Novstrup and I (along with our House ticketmates) faced a question about…
Wait! Maybe Rep. Kristi Noem didn’t vote to extend EB-5 without reform again two weeks ago! At the request of an unnamed member or members of…
Senator John Thune may be catching some of the retaliation Donald Trump is urging his supporters to wreak on the “self-righteous hypocrites” among GOP leaders (“leadership”, Trump puts…
I wondered for a moment if Hillary Clinton had made an error in stagecraft in declining to approach Donald Trump and shake his hand at the…
A few months ago, the GOP spin machine was dismissing District 19 Senate candidate Russell Graeff as a mere placeholder, not a Democrat who would seriously stand…
An anonymous message popped into my campaign inbox and that of at least a few other candidates for South Dakota Legislature this morning: Dear Senate Candidate, South…