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T-Minus One Month to the Election: A Semi-Serious Look at South Dakota



A month from today is the general election.

What will happen?

Here are some thoughts:
  • Barack Obama loses South Dakota (as Democrats usually do) but wins the Presidency.
  • Sen. Tim Johnson receives at least 62% of the vote.  This race is boring.  Debate, blah, blah, blah.
  • Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin receives at least 65% of the vote.  This race is also boring.  Has anyone found the other half of Chris Lien’s missing head?
  • Democratic PUC challenger Matt McLarty pulls off an upset and defeats incumbent Republican PUC Commissioner Gary Hanson in a squeaker.
  • Democrats come within a seat or two of taking the State Senate.  Democrats pick up four seats in the State House.
  • IM 9 on stock certificates and short selling passes.  Then again, it is a good idea so it could be defeated.
  • IM 10, the “clean and sober government act,” does slightly better than Amendment E in 2006, “only” losing 80-20.  Would the out of staters involved in this please leave us alone for an election?  What’s next? Selecting legislators randomly from the phone book?  (Wait, that might be an improvement.)
  • IM 11, the latest abortion ban, is again narrowly defeated 51-49.  Leslie Unruh, please, enough already.  This has been the stealth campaign by both sides.
  • Constitutional Amendments—South Dakotans vote no if they don’t know.  I’m not sure anyone knows.
Anyway, go vote—early or on election day.  If you’re not registered to vote, get that way.
Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by Registered CommenterTodd Epp in , , , | Comments1 Comment

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Speaking of "Democrats [coming] within a seat or two of taking the State Senate," what's your take on USD hosting the annual Alumni Dinner and Awards Banquet at the mining equipment plant of our District 17 Senator Ben Nesselhuf's opponent, Republican Jerad Higman?

As a 'Yote, I don't like it, but then I don't have the money and connections (yet!) to get on the USD Board of Trustees like Higman did last year.

October 7, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRebecca

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