[Pubbie]

There will be two elections next year - one in June to elect someone to complete the remainder of Janklow's term - and the other will be in November to determine who will serve in the next Congress.

So the GOP has two shots at this thing.

[RFT1]

The GOP needs to nationalise this election, tie Herseth to Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean, make her out to be the ultra liberal that she is, somthing from what I read Jankalow did not do last year. In a state that gave Bush 60% of the vote, the trick is to tie her to the national Democratic party on issues from guns, to abortion to the enviroment, and also remain the SD voters that she will be a member of the minority party, less able to bring home their pork.