A South Dakota Moderate

Got this in the email inbox this evening after Hillary’s landslide in West Virginia
After tonight’s tremendous victory here in West Virginia, it’s clear that the pundits declaring this race over have it all wrong. The voters in West Virginia spoke loud and clear — they want this contest to go on.
I’m listening to the [...]

Not sure how long this YouTube video will last on line but here is SNL’s Hillary Clinton satirical speech (yes Randell, this is how satire is accomplished) on why she isn’t leaving the race from last night’s show.

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I wasn’t able to get any usable pictures with my ridiculously horrible camera phone and the driving rain but it seems that the Ron Paul army hasn’t taken the suspension of his campaign too seriously. Driving through Watertown today I noticed a large Ron Paul for President sign on in a parking lot on US212 [...]

Speaking of numbers like $11.4 million, last night’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana along with Pennsylvania a few weeks ago gave us another interesting number. Even though John McCain has long since wrapped up the GOP nomination, over 435,000 people voted for a Republican other than McCain in the last 3 primaries.
And no, I [...]

If anyone is still wondering why Hillary Clinton is still in the race despite an almost killer blow in last night’s primaries, MSNBC is reporting that after last month, she has 11.4 million reasons to stay in the race to the end.
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has lent her presidential campaign $6.4 million over [...]

While some still believe that the Reverend Hagee endorsement sought after and received by John McCain is nowhere near the level that the Reverend Wright scandal has reached with Barack Obama, the McCain camp isn’t as sure anymore.
McCain’s aides have admitted that they should have probably vetted Hagee a bit more thoroughly.
McCain’s aides attribute the [...]

Cory over at Madville Times introduces us to a 3rd challenger for the GOP nomination for the U S Senate. Veterinarian Dr. Charles Gonyo joins the race with Sam Kephart and Joel Dykstra whom are looking to challenge Tim Johnson this November. While Cory chooses to focus on Dr Gonyo’s abortion stand, which from what [...]

Hillary announced she had hired a South Dakota campaign director last week and this from the email inbox this afternoon:
Join us for our South Dakota for Hillary Headquarters “Open House” in Sioux Falls!
When
Monday, May 5, 2008 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Where
South Dakota for Hillary State Headquarters
2101 W. 41st Street, Suite 30
Sioux Falls, SD [...]

Updated Below
Even as McCain tries to distance himself from Mr 71% by intimating what many have already known for years, the war in Iraq was more about oil than terrorism, he still cannot get clear of his 100 years in Iraq remark. During a town hall meeting in Denver this morning he spoke on both [...]

After Hillary’s somewhat comical staged event to promote her and John McCain’s “gas tax holiday” idea in which she showed us that she can’t pump her own gas (or make her own cappuccino), I remarked that it would be a good topic for an Obama ad. While my idea for an ad in response leaned [...]

As I wrote about before, detractors of Barack Obama like to use the “elitist” buzzword when trying to explain why they are not going to vote for him. Last night I saw that same image being portrayed again on the evening news in between shots of him bowling and Hillary doing a shooter when they [...]

UPDATED BELOW
All the attention across much of the media and the blogosphere has been centered around long time Barack Obama Pastor Jeremiah Wright. His outrageous statements including saying that “the government manufactured the AIDS virus to kill blacks” have been plaguing Obama for weeks. Obama finally distanced himself from the reverend whom he still contends [...]