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Republican closes gap in the S.D. House race (Herseth 47% Diedrich 44% )
thehill.com ^ | 05/18/04 | Peter Savodnik

Posted on 05/17/2004 11:02:35 PM PDT by KQQL

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21 posted on 05/19/2004 5:44:50 AM PDT by KQQL (@)
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22 posted on 05/19/2004 5:45:19 AM PDT by KQQL (@)
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more info on the sd race:


GOP has spend $ 2 million on ads , mailers etc.

Also, Larry has run a good campaign, but 20-25% republicans in
SD still don't want to vote for a rwpublican , which means Larrry needs a miracle or change of heart by the republican voters by june1,2004 if is to win




Several Republicans in Washington are voicing serious concerns that they may lose the June 1 South Dakota House race, despite a new Mason-Dixon poll showing Larry Diedrich (R) closing the gap with his Democratic rival, Stephanie Herseth.
http://thehill.com/campaign/051904_herseth.aspx


23 posted on 05/19/2004 5:52:30 AM PDT by KQQL (@)
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Thanks for the update.

I never quite understood why SD continues to elect such radicals to high office, especially the United States Senate, when it is considered to be a generally conservative, Plains state.

I think Ramesh Ponnuru, or one of the other writers for National Review, wrote an article trying to explain this phenomenon, claiming that the reason the state always sent extremely liberal, big government Democrats to the U.S. Senate was because of its belief in federal entitlements, especially farm subsidies.

24 posted on 05/19/2004 7:33:54 AM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid ("She's not ugly! She's not ugly! She wouldn't even sour our milk...she's almost pretty...")
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This is exactly what internal polling has been saying in the last few weeks. There's a strange dynamic developing. In 2002, in a 3 way primary, voters sent two well-known, well-financed, generally liked candidates for governor to the woodshed. Both were campaigning very hard, and the guy that won eventually (Gov. Rounds), though nearly unknown to start, got there by being the nice guy, and refusing to play in the mud at all.

Princess Stephanie saw this as a trend to hang her hat on, and has come off as lightweight, thin-skinned, and presumptuous. She led big early, and decided to go on cruise control. And the moment a Diedrich ad came out, claimed he was being mean. SoDaks like nice, but they don't want to elect a victim either. DAMN, but this is cool stuff. I think she still has an edge, but things have gotten remarkably brighter.

25 posted on 05/19/2004 11:20:48 PM PDT by SoDak (Stop Hillary Jr.)
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Keep in mind also, I do not believe that this special election will garner NEARLY the Native American turnout that we saw in 2002. In this special election, it's not going to happen, she does not have the resources and team to do it. In 2002, the dems knew the leadership of the senate was on the line, so they sent in armies, not gonna happen now cuz they know they're not getting the house back anytime soon.


26 posted on 05/19/2004 11:26:52 PM PDT by SoDak (Stop Hillary Jr.)
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