Obama Has At Least One SD Vote; And A Prediction (And Make Yours!)
My Man Crush, Sen. Barack Obama, will have at least one vote in the June primary. I am sending in my absentee/early voting ballot today to the auditor in Canton. It's good to know that Barack won't be skunked.
Speaking of which.
How much do you think Barack will win by on June 3d? Put your predictions in comments.
I predict a solid win for Sen. Man Crush--57 to 43 percent. That might be a little optimistic. But I expect at least a ten point win.
Why?
1. Daschle factor. South Dakota Democrats like Tom Daschle. And Tom Hearts Barack.
2. All the other major Democrats back Barack--Sen. Tim Johnson, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Committee People Sharon Stroschein, Chairman Jack Billion, and Sen. George McGovern all have Obamafever.
3. The Obama campaign is running a field campaign for the primary, the likes of which this state hasn't seen. More staff, more seasoned staff, more volunteers, more money, more resources. And they've been in place about a month longer than Sen. Hillary Clinton's troops.
4. Sen. Obama has won all of the surrounding states already. I'd find it hard to believe South Dakota suddenly loves Hillary more. I'm just sayin'.
5. Sen. Obama needs wins--and big wins--in Montana and South Dakota--the last two primaries--for a post-primary bounce. It is the final knife in the Clinton campaign and an not too subtle sign to the Superdelegates about who has the best chance of changing the electoral map.
But that's why they have elections. The Clinton campaign has been extremely aggressive as of late in our state. June 3d should be fun to watch!
Technorati Tags: South Dakota, primary, Presidential Election, 2008 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
Speaking of which.
How much do you think Barack will win by on June 3d? Put your predictions in comments.
I predict a solid win for Sen. Man Crush--57 to 43 percent. That might be a little optimistic. But I expect at least a ten point win.
Why?
1. Daschle factor. South Dakota Democrats like Tom Daschle. And Tom Hearts Barack.
2. All the other major Democrats back Barack--Sen. Tim Johnson, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Committee People Sharon Stroschein, Chairman Jack Billion, and Sen. George McGovern all have Obamafever.
3. The Obama campaign is running a field campaign for the primary, the likes of which this state hasn't seen. More staff, more seasoned staff, more volunteers, more money, more resources. And they've been in place about a month longer than Sen. Hillary Clinton's troops.
4. Sen. Obama has won all of the surrounding states already. I'd find it hard to believe South Dakota suddenly loves Hillary more. I'm just sayin'.
5. Sen. Obama needs wins--and big wins--in Montana and South Dakota--the last two primaries--for a post-primary bounce. It is the final knife in the Clinton campaign and an not too subtle sign to the Superdelegates about who has the best chance of changing the electoral map.
But that's why they have elections. The Clinton campaign has been extremely aggressive as of late in our state. June 3d should be fun to watch!
Technorati Tags: South Dakota, primary, Presidential Election, 2008 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
Todd Epp
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"And Tom Hearts Barack." lol
Why the early vote as opposed to the ritual of standing in line, voting and getting the bumper sticker that says you voted?
You miss the perks by voting early.
BTW, I need a big old dose of Epp vs. BBlue.
Have you commented all you are going to comment about the convention blogging?
I thought you were leaving......
You can't keep a promise..... Planning a run for office?
Skippy, Jr./Alter Ego:
What, you heard something?
I'm just sayin'.
Skippy, Sr.
Todd,
You are a complete MORON. So you are going to vote for Obama because everyone else is? Good thing they taught you all those critical reasoning skills in Law School you Lemming!
Jason Sturm
Sioux Falls, SD
Jason:
I'm likely not a moron. On the scale from idiot, imbecile, to moron, I'm probably just stuck at imbecile. I someday aspire to be a moron. (My apologies to the late Dennis Wolfsburg for stealing his schtick.)
Jason, you have yourself a wonderful--and positive--mid May spring weekend!
Epp
Epp-
The thing that pleases me most is that our primary means something for the first time since we moved it back to June.
Also it is exciting that our state party can use all of this enthusiasm to raise money for all dem candidates across SD. Jack and Rick must be spending all of their time at the party office counting and depositing donations.
I really relish when it's Obama Vs. McCain.
Even though the corporate media is soft/easy on McCain, there's content out on YouTube and the net that really opens up the curtain on what the guy is all about:
http://therealmccain.com/
Hey there Montana! In truth, Obama IS the better candidate. --But for the name recognition and older female hillarycrushes, hillary would have been down and out a long time ago. But Bill and Hillary are in the hole for $11+ million in loans to her campaign, so she will continue to promise the moon to Montana andask for donations. In the legal world, that's called soliciting under false pretenses. Hillary knows this. She and Bill still have the california campaign fraud case hanging over their heads, but the media stays away from that until all the voting is over....