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Its a good idea to use those and paint Dasshole as being farther left of Johnson. You've also got to get a 'Pub candidate who can counter the Rats' stranglehold on the agricultural subsidies issue. It seems the GOP is weak in places like Iowa and SD and ND, at least at the Senate level (House also?) because Rats are seen as being more protective of the farmers, bailing them out now and again with subsidies and crop insurance programs. I understand, believe me, the importance of keeping the agricultural business viable, not only for the region, but the country as a whole. But something has to be done about weaning the producers away from these government programs. Now, what that is...?

It will take some bald-faced honesty. Most politicians, on either side, seem to have an aversion to the truth on that situation. The fact is, I sat next to the president of the SD Farmer's Union on a flight last year, and he said that if all subsidies stopped, all farmers would suffer heavily for a couple of years, 35% of producers would go out of business, and the other 65% would make decent money when the dust settled.