Jim River Report: Your Window to South Dakota Politics

Featured Articles

I also wrote yesterday that the American people say they want a candidate that won't pander to them like Santa Claus, yet that is often whom we end up supporting. Little did I know that there was a Hillary Clinton...

My Messiah Is A Suit From Massachusetts

Maybe Mitt Romney needs to cry.

The Dead Shall Rise Again

This is not one of Blanchard's zombie posts. Fox News is calling New Hampshire for Hillary Clinton, as I see Prof. Blanchard notes below. Being humble I will not point out that both Prof. Blanchard and I (see here and...

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:...

Tax Reform Coming To The Legislature

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...

New Blog Added

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...

Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

Cory Heidelberger has brought up the issue of plutocracy, and I believe that is an issue we need to understand and more fully discuss. Tony Dean has a post covering Brad Redlin?s, director of the Izaak Walton League's agricultural programs,...

What's New with the Blogs

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

A Prize Fit for a King

In other sports news

We interrupt the campaign season for a border reality check

South Dakota Blogs

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

Government accounting fraud

Iowa

Iowa Interpreted 2

Does South Dakota Tax And Spend Too Much?

Primary Reform

Sorry for the light posting today... In the meantime, more on the immigration issue.

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

On The Religious Right...And Left

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

McGovern on Impeachment

SD Regents go anti-gun

A challenge from Stan's employee

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

Fox News bars Ron Paul

Clean up our act, or more inflation? Inflation wins!

ELECTION NOTE

American Blogs