***Some South Dakota Political News..April 11, 2007

"The Return of Tom Daschle" story by Fineman at MSNBC indicates Daschle and former staff are jumping on the Obama campaign wagon. Obama and Hillary share a similar problem. They have to be head and shoulders above any white male epublican candidate in a national election to overcome the fundamentalist propaganda about women and also the GOP "Southern Strategy" to vilify "uppity" blacks seeking political power in the South.

LINK-- MSNBC "Return of Tom Daschle

I don't think Obama has a chance of winning a national election, but interesting that Daschle people are working for him anyway.

Meanwhile back in South Dakota, the State Democratic Party is begging for money without providing any actual details on how it will be used better in the next election than it has been in the last half dozen.

Sounds like the Bed and Booze Screw our Visitors taxes were defeated in Winner, but passed in Gregory, SD.
Click the continuation of this post below for details from the KWYR radio news link.

***Stay tuned whole lot of machinations going on--- Doug Wiken

04/11/2007

Election Results

The City of Winner will not impose the 3B tax. The final count was 474 votes against and 387 votes for. In Ward 1 there was a tie. Recieving 135 votes a piece were Kenny Weiland and Frank Finney. In Ward 2, the incumbent Val Sherman will keep her position as she defeated Barry Gardner 266 votes to 123 votes. Tim Meiners ran unopposed in Ward 3.

Gregory citizens have made the decision to impose the 3B tax. They had a voter turnout of 263 with 171 votes for and 92 votes against making about a 27% turnout.

For more of the story and other Winner news, check link below:
LINK--- KWYR Election News April 10, 2007

Comments

[Robbinsdale radical]

About the Dem Party spending, you will know them by their fruits. 2004 was a great year, the SD Dem Common Ground initiative gave backup to help bring in new Senate candidates that with their ability to block a supermajority blocked ALL FOUR abortion bills. These legislators really showed what they can do this term to break the Republican monologue and I am looking forward to more.

I really don't think this would have happened without the state party's continual push in the press. It was a low budget operation because they don't have much budget.

Although the SD Dems have their challenges, I'm quite optimistic that they can do more in 08. The state party can only help if they get money.