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As I indicated recently, property tax reform is going to headline this year's legislative session in Pierre. See this article from the American News for some background. You can ignore the bit about Jim Hundstad's threat of an income tax...

Fox News bars Ron Paul

I think this Joseph Farah column lends evidence to a possible globalist agenda at Fox News: As almost everyone who reads this column regularly know, I do not support Ron Paul's bid for the presidency. My strong preference is for...

Iowa

Not exactly a big surprise: Huckabee wins the Republican caucus. From Washington Post: Mike Huckabee 34% Mitt Romney 25%, Fred Thompson 13% John McCain 13% Ron Paul 10%. Obama wins big on the Democratic side. Barack Obama 38% John Edwards...

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

With two days to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Des Moines Register has published a survey showing Mike Huckabee outpolling Mitt Romney among Republicans and Barack Obama leading over Hillary Clinton among Democrats. Although John Edwards has tried to...

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

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...

Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? And how did they let out the bid for that one?

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

Reforming The Reform

McGovern on Impeachment

Peggy Noonan on Huckabee's Victory

McGovern, Impeachment, and The Constitution

Turnaround is fair play?

Cultural Marxists and hate crimes

Pro-family goes to Huckabee and Paul

Change is coming....

Things are going well.....

Reflections on Iowa

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

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Juno: The Best Movie in Years

Push-Polling in Iowa

Primary Reform

Political Poetry

The Gay Divorcee

Vehle running for Senate

American Blogs