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John Thune may have no influence whatsoever with the presidential end of his party for all I know, but recent visits of GOP presidential candidates to South Dakota and their further policy and position statements after talking with Thune seem to indicate a problem of two ..or two dozen. In the last election, Thune and Bush spent a part of...
By Denise Ross (Photo courtesy of Rapid City Weekly News / Andy Jacobs) Potential VP candidate Sen. John Thune, R-SD, strikes a pensive pose as GOP prez nominee John McCain answers questions from SD reporters aboard the Straight Talk Express bus on Monday. I wasn’t on the bus, but Tom Lawrence of the RC Weekly News tells me that [...]
By Denise Ross Before the US Senate’s Gang of 10, there was another bipartisan energy compromise in the US House - not that you’d know it by the GOP-led histrionics going on there now - but there was. It is H.R. 6709, also known as the National Conservation, Environment and Energy Independence Act. And it would lift [...]
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Bikers roar for McCain at Rally: GOP candidate stops at Sturgis The Rapid City Weekly News STURGIS Politicians are used to hearing the roar of the crowd, but Sen. John McCain heard an entirely different roar Monday night at...
The McCains at Sturgin, and shots from the "beauty contest" The trad media loved Johnny and Cindy at the Sturgis SD biker rally: As the senator made his way through a sea of motorcycle enthusiasts, shaking hands with the many...
EVEN HANNITY LIKES IT? You aren't seeing much play time for the "Gang of 10" Compromise on Energy. Senators Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota), Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia), John Thune (R-South Dakota), Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia), Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas), Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana), Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas), and Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) have joined togther to come up with a...
John McCain hasn’t even announced his choice for VP yet, but that hasn’t stopped Democrats from launching an entire site dedicated to attacking his top potential nominees. How? They’re already equating each and every one of them with Dick Cheney. The top quote on the site is from John McCain, who had this to say about [...]
Let this be a lesson on how government dependency leads to irresponsible behavior, then chaos that causes the state to exert more authority: A month has been added to Operation Dakota Peacekeeper, which involves increasing the number of law enforcement...
The DNC has launched a new website, The Next Cheney, in order to monitor McCain's potential VP picks. Tim Pawlenty, Charlie Crist, Mitt Romney, John Thune, Carly Fiorina, Fred Smith, and Eric Cantor are the site's initial subjects. On a...
By Denise Ross You already know it was quite the scene at the Buffalo Chip east of Sturgis Monday night. If you haven’t had enough, here’s a roundup of coverage. My favorite report so far was filed by Charles Michael Ray of South Dakota Public Radio. A biker used a pizza box to encourage women to reveal [...]
Dick Cheney may not be appearing at the GOP convention, according to the latest reports. Jake Tapper, meanwhile, wonders why: Is there concern in Camp McCain that playing John Williams' foreboding trumpet-filled Darth Vader theme song will bring gloom into...
