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The South Dakota Constitution And Apportionment

How's that for a sexy title? Pat Powers takes Rep. Bill Thompson to task for submitting a bill (pdf alert) that requires South Dakota legislative districts be drawn by an independent commission rather than by the Legislature. Pat thinks this...

Clinton, Romney Win Nevada

Media outlets are calling the Nevada caucuses, giving Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney victory. With about twenty percent of precincts left to report in, Hillary edged out Obama and Edwards 50-45-3%. Romney won with 52% of the vote. Battles over...

Cyberattacks Hitting Powergrids

This seems like a big story (via Slashdot): "The CIA on Friday admitted that cyberattacks have caused at least one power outage affecting multiple cities outside the United States."

HRC and the Economy

New York Times: "Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said that if she became president, the federal government would take a more active role in the economy to address what she called the excesses of the market and of the Bush administration."...

One vote on deck for South Dakotans' view on immigration, Herseth Sandlin votes NO.

The Republic & Nevada

The Republic is a collective person, formed from the decisions of voters as they coalesce into groups, and focused by elections and by constitutional bodies like the President and Congress into images called policy. We can see this process work,...

Waiting for Reagan

William Kristol: "You fight an election with the politicians you have." Someone had to say it, eventually. UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds notes the same story and a dissenting email from Bill Quick.

Stimulating Thoughts

South Dakota lawmakers are in agreement that some sort of "stimulus package" is desirable to help the economy avoid recession. There seems to be consensus that the government should inject money into the system through some combination of tax rebates,...

What's New with the Blogs

SB26, SB154, and liberal fascism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Dem Debate Thread 3

A profile of Michael Yon

SC Democrat debate: Punch, Judy, and Silky; Update: Squabbling, mud-slinging, the gloves are off!

South Dakota Blogs

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

SB 67 UPDATE

The why's and wheretofores of the upcoming changes at the SDWC.

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Hillary?s pre-K Nanny-statism

Beltway Insight From David Broder

Herpes, Right Wing Rants, and Todd Epp

B. Hussein Obama Update

What is a Nanny State?

Archeology Find Matches Nehemiah Account

Taxpayer funded baby-sitting

When Did the History Channel Stop Doing History?

Hyperion to turn SD into a dump site?

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

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

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

The New York Times' Jaundiced Reporting on Veterans

American Blogs