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I have the following comments on Prof. Blanchard's post on primary reforms. First, he dismisses the notion that regional primaries would produce regional nominees. He too readily rejects the notion of momentum, that a person who swept the first region...

A Few Other Notes on the Primaries

The Republican candidates are off to Wyoming on Saturday. Everybody thinks that the Granite State is next in line on Tuesday, but Wyoming holds its caucus on Saturday. It's getting very little attention, but some candidates are taking it seriously:...

Graves not decided

The Mitchell Daily Republic did cover Representative Mike Vehle?s official announcement that he is running for district 20 Senate. They also reported that Dr. Joseph Graves has not officially made a decision, as they mentioned the newly adopted policy that...

Much ado... Much ado...

I wonder why we haven't seen that yet....

Reflections on Iowa

Perhaps because the nominations still seem so much in the air, the Iowa caucus is receiving an unusual amount of criticism on procedural grounds. Some, but not all of this is fair. First this from Christopher Hitchens at Slate: It...

What the MSM doesn?t want you to know

WorldNetDaily?s underreported 2007 top 10 list: 1. Developments moving U.S. and continent closer to a North American Union 2. Bush's refusal to pardon imprisoned Border Patrol Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were prosecuted by the president's friend, U.S. Attorney...

Romney Takes Wyoming

Mitt Romney won the first state race in the 2008 primaries, an achievement nobody outside political junkies are paying attention to since the Granite State dominates headlines: Mitt Romney captured his first win of the Republican presidential race, gaining most...

What's New with the Blogs

Romney promotes secular humanism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

The Pentagon's Muslim Outreach Expert

The end of an era?

Paging Dr. Hillcare?

South Dakota Blogs

Vehle running for Senate

Building A Better Election Part II

The Argus goes after State Government. Again.And the evil part of me hopes they succeed.

More Holiday Cheer!

More RC Mayor Stuff - On the net, and in the paper.

I Admit That Ioway I Owe A Lot To You

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Political Poetry

The Case For Thompson

Primary Reform

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

Juno: The Best Movie in Years

Teacher Pay In South Dakota

DBA was propaganda?

Happy New Year!

Ron Paul On The Civil War

Bloomberg For President?

American Blogs