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…
Tag: politics
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…
That Sioux Falls paper spins its wheels talking to nihilists who don’t want to pay taxes: “We’ve created a problem that I don’t think has a…
Senator John Thune, Governor Dennis Daugaard, and Lt. Gov. Matt Michels have all called for the man they nominated for President, Donald Trump, to drop out…
While the Republican Party teeters toward a critical mass of acknowledgment that they messed up, I found these Aberdeen High School Democrats having no trouble showing pride in…
The words Donald Trump utters about women in the 2005 recording released by the Washington Post today are too vulgar for this blog. I can print South Dakota Democratic…
Oh, Mel…. One of my favorite former legislators and debate coaches, Mel Olson, teaches AP Government at Mitchell High School. The freshly recessed Senator John Thune…
The Atlantic has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. In announcing only its third Presidential endorsement in its 160-year existence, The Atlantic recalls founding editor James Russell Lowell’s warning…
KSFY tops its TV competitors in summarizing the policy positions Chelsea Clinton discussed while campaigning for her mom at Augustana last night. The policy rundown of what…