Jarding Promotes "body punching" of Kirby

Rapid City Journal:

On Monday, however, Kirby said the pre-campaign attack had an impact. So did comments on a pro-Johnson Web site that led Kirby to believe his Sioux Falls home was being monitored and possibly photographed.

“You don’t have to wonder whether people are driving by your home, because they’re telling you they are on blogs,” Kirby said. “It was so creepy that I had to ask myself, ‘OK, as a father and a husband should I be protecting my family here or should I run for the U.S. Senate.’” ...

Jarding said Kirby attracted a response from DSCC because he was making serious preparations to run. Kirby should have expected a ‘little bit of body punching.”