Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin will give the commencement address at NSU on May 12. I for one am excited about this news and hope she gives a great speech. Let me give you some advice, congresswoman. When it comes to commencement speeches there is only one virtue: brevity.
I must dissent some from my colleague Mr. Blanchard's recent post regarding the political future of some of our state's heavy hitters. I have serious doubts that Herseth-Sandlin is interested in the governorship of our fair state. This Georgetown grad strikes me as someone who likes the Washington life and wants to remain there. And what would Mr. Sandlin do in Pierre for 4 or 8 years?
I am with my colleague that it is unlikely that Tim Johnson runs for re-election, but do not absolutely rule it out at Ken does. My guess is that Johnson is still raising money in an attempt to ward off any serious challenger, thus either putting himself or, more likely, a fellow Democrat in a better position to hold the seat. It is my guess that the "fellow Democrat" will be Ms. Herseth-Sandlin. Whether Herseth-Sandlin runs for the Senate or for her current seat, I do think she is a formidable candidate. The one thing that is going against her is that she may live to rue the day the Democrats took control of Congress. It is easy to defy the party and remain moderate when one is in the minority, but now it is easier to paint her as one who carries water for Speaker Pelosi. My guess that tyeing Speaker Pelosi does not poll well in South Dakota.
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