Dave Kranz considers Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin's political possibilities. Herseth-Sandlin may want to consider running for governor before running for Senate, should she chose to run for anything except her current House seat. There is a Democratic wave that might sweep the nation next fall. But the worst thing that could happen to Stephanie HS is for Democrats to control all of Washington. It is easy now to set herself between her left-wing leadership and President Bush. She can go one way sometimes, and sometimes the other. But Herseth-Sandlin's quest for seniority, expressed in the Kranz article, will only hurt her if she ends up having to carry water for a President Hillary Clinton, a president who will no doubt be highly unpopular in this state. South Dakota Democrats are better served in Washington if they have some Republican to triangulate against or remain a backbencher. If Herseth is ambitious, she should seek the South Dakota governorship while her party is in ascendancy and then go back to Washington as a junior Senator, possibly with Republicans regaining power.
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