Highway Bill

AVT:

Kranz Puts Herseth Staff Thru the Paces

Resurgent David Kranz tired of barrels of ink, blog and TV coverage and his own Editor portraying him as victim - comes roaring back.

Kranz reveals that Herseth directed her staff to spend hours recording Congressional web sites of colleauges as some sort of an arcane measurement that her Highway Bill work was not so bad. Having fun with Herseth's staff - Kranz rattles off the so-called web site "research."

Saving his best work for future columns look for two simple devastating facts:
1. Thune 1997 $50 million - Herseth 2005 $35 million
2. Thune 1997 SD ranks 8th in Highway increases - Herseth 2005 SD falls to 46th

As an aside look to AVT to reveal the lobby firm used by Pierre trasnportation officials when they could not get SD funding numbers from Herseth's staff - after she voted for the bill. Hat tip to super sleuth Bob Mercer for breaking this news.