[hexpoppy]

I think this "loss" by Thune will be a good thing----it will force a vote fraud investigation and maybe bring the Rats dirty tactics into the daylight.

[an amused spectator]

Agreed. South Dakota ain't Baltimore, and I doubt that the South Dakota Dems have got a Stephen Montanarelli¹ in the bullpen to pull this one out for them.

¹ In 1994, strong evidence of vote fraud surfaced in Baltimore when Republican Ellen Sauerbrey was narrowly defeated for governor. State Prosecutor Stephen Montanarelli, a Democrat who later prosecuted Linda Tripp for taping her phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky, declined to prosecute the voter fraud case. Two former members of Maryland's Administrative Board of Election Laws, a Republican and a Democrat, expressed shock, saying the election was clearly tainted and that there were numerous admitted violations of the election code.

[Otta B Sleepin]

I think this "loss" by Thune will be a good thing----it will force a vote fraud investigation and maybe bring the Rats dirty tactics into the daylight.

This is my hope as well. To borrow a term I heard a lot during the night, I'm cautiously optimistic.