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My SDP colleague Professor Schaff knows more about George McGovern than I know, or want to know. But I do know something about the Constitution, and that seems to be more than McGovern knows. In the Washington Post he advocates...

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

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Property Taxes Lead Issue For South Dakota Legislature

What the South Dakota media will cover in the upcoming legislative session is anyone's guess. If the media cover the most contentious issue that draws the most attention from the legislators then property taxes will lead the coverage. Faithful legislature...

Building A Better Election Part II

A couple notions that I articulated yesterday in this post on our election system get touched on somewhere else today. Yesterday I argued against regional primaries. One of my arguments was that the likely regions that would make up such...

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

The Denver Post joins Ken Blanchard, USA Today, and South Dakota party officials in advocating regional primaries. Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1988, describes the current system as "nuts." Few Americans living outside...

Happy New Year!

To all our readers! I hope everyone is having a great and safe celebration. Thanks to all of you. Without you, this site wouldn't be possible. May 2008 be a good one and best wishes to you and yours. UPDATE:...

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

SD Regents go anti-gun

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Hillary Weepy, Tired

High Definition, High Quality

B.S. alert: Hillary?s ?Iron My Shirt? hecklers

South Dakota Blogs

TAR Camp is almost here.... Are you signed up?

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Why should we be surprised?

The Gay Divorcee

New Hampshire GOP withdraws support

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Cultural Marxism and witchcraft

SDP Jazz Note: 2007 Obituaries

Primary Reform

Much ado... Much ado...

Building A Better Election

Pro-family goes to Huckabee and Paul

No politics in this post...

SanFran Nan: ?I?ll be good?later.?

Blognote

Obnoxious South Dakota

Ron Paul On The Civil War

Intel Report Status

American Blogs