Herseth

Joel Rosenthal of South Dakota Straight Talk doesn't think much of Stephanie Herseth:

Representative Herseth appears not to have a grounded political philosophy that she acts on. She is beginning to remind me of the young Larry Pressler. It is almost like she is taking her plays right out of his game book. Senator Pressler also did not seem to have an overriding political philosophy. In his early Congressional career (until about 1984) it was hard to understand where he was coming from. He was an unreliable vote for the party position and Congressional Quarterly (CQ) ranked him the lowest Republican Senator in his support of President Ronald Reagan. Herseth and Pressler also seem to share the same modus operandi in embracing coalitions with support by throwing lots of our cash at them and share an affinity for taking of photographs with constituents at every possible opportunity and never missing a photo or media opportunity.