It is more than that. When Dorgan, Conrad, and Pomeroy are back home talking to the Rotary or Chamber of Commerce they come across as pro locally owned business (they all love to rant about out of state corporations). They sound reasonable. Some 20 years I heard Dorgan speak at the commissioning ceremony of the son of a friend who had just graduated from West Point. Dorgan waxed eloquently about the military and this young man’s future. That speech would have made Jim Robinson and most all Freepers pround.
That is why these guys got re-elected all of the time.
But not this time-Dorgan is out and Pomeroy will most likely lose. People tied both of them to Obama and the left-wing of the Democrat party.
One of the key topics of that talk was the future of nuclear energy and what it would mean for an energy rich state like North Dakota. Dorgan asked the audience to raise their hands in support of three different positions:
The audience was divided roughly one-third each. Dorgan then went on to give a spirited defense of each position without actually taking one himself.
As part of my assignment to cover that speech, I solicited random comments from the attendees after the talk was over. Almost to a person, they felt Dorgan had sided with their position. I knew the guy was going places then, but the state has had 30 years to wise up since and are only now beginning to do so.
And Conrad’s up nexy, in 2012..he must feel like a Dead Man Walking...I expect he’ll quit, like Dorgan, rather than get whupped. Any likely GOP candidates?
And Conrad’s up next, in 2012..he must feel like a Dead Man Walking...I expect he’ll quit, like Dorgan, rather than get whupped. Any likely GOP candidates?