Joel Rosenthal at South Dakota Straight Talk is advancing possibilities for the Supreme Court, including a home-grown South Dakotan, Roger Wollman, who is currently serving on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The South Dakota War College is contemplating the situation of the Democrats in South Dakota:
It seems like some of the Democrat faithful base is saying, we're in dire straits. Then I read in the past few days how you're getting money from the National Democratic Party, and talking about how you need people for your office. Clearly, you are in a rebuilding cycle.
My advice? If you want to rebuild yourselves, it happens from the bottom up, not the top down. We've known that for years. And our ability to field candidates in nearly every race is a sign of that strength.
And to me, that's your problem. We're winning by attrition. Yeah, you got Stephanie on us. But we got John Thune and Dusty Johnson on you. We lost one, but we took 2. You're certainly not gaining any ground in the state offices or the legislature. And why are we taking you two for one? We have the numbers coming up through the ranks. In 2006, it will continue to be pretty hard for you to field 7 or 8 constitutional candidates this next time out simply because your talent pool keeps shrinking. And ours keeps growing.
Your lack of candidates at the legislative level is killing you.
Ryne McClaren is tired of the constant claims of "McCarthyism" coming from Democrats. The anonymous Blog Watch Man is on vacation. Meanwhile, the Thune-bashing of the various former Daschle staffers who are now running anti-Thune blogs, the former Daschle staffers who are "consulting" for national groups and running anti-Thune blogs, and the anonymous people running anti-Thune blogs are becoming manic in their attempts undermine the state's new Senator. The permanent campaign continues...
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