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Move over, Real Clear Politics : Here the Madville Times compilation of poll results for the South Dakota Democratic primary: Poll Dates Clinton Obama sample size Madville Times Average (weighted by sample size) 32% 55% 220 Epp-SDWatch 5/10 30% 64% 120 McGovern Center-DW...
Madville Times - Sun 8:07 a.m. - 12 clicks 
Despite well received events in Sioux Falls and Rapid City this week by Hillary and Bill Clinton, Sen. Clinton is just plain losing in her bid for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. First, the objective. She’s now losing—for the first time—the Superdelegate vote. For more information read: Superdelegate Transparency Project. Next, the subjective. There is th...
SD Watch - Sat 11:34 p.m. - 20 clicks
Is another coal-fired power plant about to bite the (coal) dust? According to this article , apparently so. One of the most controversial coal plant proposals in the country just took yet another big hit. Minnesota's two administrative law judges on the hearings for the Big Stone II plant in [Milbank] South Dakota , Steve Mihalchick and Barbara Neilson, recommended today that the stat...
Badlands Blue - Sat 11:10 a.m. - 17 clicks
I was wondering how many people attended the Hillary Clinton rally in Sioux Falls Thursday. KJAM provides no numbers, but says the crowd was " exceptionally lively ." (Hmm... could some objective professional journalists tell me what that means? Is that exceptionally lively for a gathering at a hangar? Exceptionally lively for a campaign rally? Exceptionally lively for Midwestern German-Norwegian ...
Madville Times - Sat 5:20 a.m. - 27 clicks
Dakota Wesleyan Tiger Poll Research Team is probably headed for summer break, so it's up to us bloggers to keep checking the thermometer on South Dakota voters as we head for the June 3 primary. Cast your vote in the three polls you see in the right sidebar here. The top two are for everybody; the third is for Dems registered for the SD primary (don't forget: registration deadline is May 19 !)....
Madville Times - Sat 5:20 a.m. - 26 clicks
Now its West River's turn to get a little love from the Clinton campaign: UPDATE 1:23 Here is the final info: NEW DETAILS: President Bill Clinton To Campaign in South Dakota TOMORROW, Saturday, MAY 10 The Clinton Campaign today announced President Bill Clinton will visit Rapid City, South Dakota to campaign for Hillary TOMORROW, Saturday, May 10. All events are free and open to the publ...
Badlands Blue - Fri 2:09 p.m. - 22 clicks
Here’s another story that hasn’t hit the local media—but should. Albert Huddleston, CEO of Hyperion, the company that may build a refinery in Union County, has been sued by a trustee of the Hunt family trust for what the Dallas Business Journal says is “misrepresent[ing] what they were using trust money for….” An excerpt: In his suit, Miro Vranac Jr. a...
SD Watch - Fri 2:08 p.m. - 23 clicks
What business does a South Dakota blog have talking about the deaths of thousands in the cyclone in Burma/Myanmar ? Ask my wife. She's all about focusing on local community and local issues. But in her latest post on Prairie Roots, she notes that our own consumerism has stomped our ecological footprint on Burma in a way that increased the death toll from the cyclone. We demand tourism and...
Madville Times - Fri 10:06 a.m. - 12 clicks
In today's Washington Post, Chris Cillizza gives us his "Friday Line: Veepstakes" . Coming in at #2 for the Republicans is... 2. John Thune: The phrase "central casting" can easily be applied to the senator from South Dakota. Thune is handsome, articulate and comes across as a moderate despite his very clear conservative voting record. Thune is also a hero in conservative circles thank...
Badlands Blue - Fri 10:06 a.m. - 12 clicks
I'm not changing my vote yet, but in her Sioux Falls speech yesterday, Senator Hillary Clinton got one thing right that Senator Barack Obama gets wr-- well, not quite right. Clinton said she will "end No Child Left Behind." Period. She said schools in South Dakota aren't like schools in California or New York. (For that matter, she could have really established her SD cred by noting that schools i...
Madville Times - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 16 clicks
Governor Rounds will be in town tomorrow to deliver the commencement address at Dakota State University . It will be a chance for him to wave goodbye to a big chunk of our best and brightest who are taking the good educations our tax dollars have supported and moving to Minnesota. I chatted yesterday with one of the lucky graduates. She's excited to head back home to Sioux Falls and start her ne...
Madville Times - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 11 clicks
Surprisingly, this story in the Sioux City Journal seems to have gotten little play--but should have. (I've seen no non-Sioux City media with it.) Read: County board says signs too big Excerpt: ELK POINT, S.D. -- The Union County Board of Commissioners will send letters to anti- and pro-refinery groups informing them that campaign signs in the county cannot exceed 25 square feet. ...
SD Watch - Thu 9:56 p.m. - 9 clicks
Lookin' good! I'm taking nothing for granted in this campaign. That's why today, I am pleased to announce that our campaign is launching our new website. The new site provides visitors the information and tools to help us win this November. Take a moment and visit the new site at: http://www.TimJohnson.com At TimJohnson.com, you'll find the latest campaign news, information about issues...
Badlands Blue - Thu 7:06 p.m. - 7 clicks
Yesterday was sunny with a blue sky and white fluffy clouds. Apple blossoms were very striking and pretty. Got out the camera. There are other trees in town with white blossoms. Maybe a photo of them when it stops drizzling and the sun shines again. And, in the e-mail info from the Sen. Johnson organization. They have a new campaign......
Dakota Today - Thu 7:06 p.m. - 6 clicks
I wasn’t able to get any usable pictures with my ridiculously horrible camera phone and the driving rain but it seems that the Ron Paul army hasn’t taken the suspension of his campaign too seriously. Driving through Watertown today I noticed a large Ron Paul for President sign on in a parking lot on US212 [...]...
South Dakota Moderate - Thu 4:03 p.m. - 18 clicks
More great work by Sen. Johnson. Johnson Fights to Improve Housing Conditions for Armed Forces Questions Army, Air Force officials on progress, including South Dakotan Washington, DC- Continuing to fight for our nation's soldiers, U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) questioned members of the Army and Air Force about the conditions at barracks across the country during a Military Constructio...
Badlands Blue - Thu 4:03 p.m. - 19 clicks
Of course it's a not a question of whether, but how and what we can do about it.... This press release is making the rounds and was covered in the RCJ yesterday. However, I am having trouble finding information about this group anywhere, but it is a helpful reminder that there is an excellent web page that anyone can use to quickly find their polling place and their ballot. Might be nic...
Badlands Blue - Thu 10:44 a.m. - 17 clicks
Anna at DakotaWomen has been giving us South Dakota blog guys a hard time for favoring Obama over Clinton. I'm trying really hard to avoid any latent sexism in my pro-Obama/anti-Clinton posts (and believe me, Mrs. Madville Times is watching). That's why I thought it was worth noting that 1,500 "Feminists for Peace" have declared their support for Obama. That's why I think the following video...
Madville Times - Thu 7:45 a.m. - 14 clicks
Looks like a nice spring day for Sen. Hillary Clinton's visit to Sioux Falls this afternoon. Better see her while you can! <grin> Here are today's other, Hillary-free Must Reads. SOUTH DAKOTA MUST READS: What the Heck is Going on in District 15? 08/05/08 00:00 from DakotaWomen I don't live in District 15, but I do come from a District 15 family, so I know a little abo...
SD Watch - Thu 7:44 a.m. - 14 clicks
I attended the first organization meeting for the Hillary for President campaign in West River today at the Rapid City Public Library. The meeting had a great turnout of about 25 people. Also attending were three candidates for the State Legislature, Theresa Spry (Senate 35), Dennis Finch (Senate 33), Fred Mcpherson (House 29). Malcom Chapman from the Rapid City Council (Ward 5) was there, along ...
Badlands Blue - Wed 9:57 p.m. - 19 clicks
A while back I broke down the likely delegate splits in Oregon and in Kentucky , now I'll take a look at the remaining states West Virginia, Montana, and South Dakota. I'll start with West Virginia, which has 28 delegates to award on May 13. They break down as follows (from the Green Papers : 10 delegates by statewide total 7 At-Large delegates 3 PLEO delegates 18 d...
DailyKos (South Dakota) - Wed 7:10 p.m. - 69 clicks
From Sen. Johnson's Office: Johnson Announces Military Construction/VA Funding in Supplemental Washington, DC-U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chairman of the Military Construction/Veterans Affairs (VA) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced the following funding levels in the Military Construction/VA section of the emergency supplemental bill being marked up in the Senate Appropriations C...
Badlands Blue - Wed 4:15 p.m. - 17 clicks
Recently, The Madville Times blog mentioned a new pipeline apparently snaking past Winner, SD being planned by the same outfit building the east river South Dakota pipeline. And noted I should be checking on this. NWLINK to Madville Times on Pipeline Skimming through the local rag today, I notice in the city council news..not front page news...that some surveyors have......
Dakota Today - Wed 4:14 p.m. - 17 clicks
Got this in my inbox today from MoveOn.org re Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin on Iraq War funding: Dear MoveOn member, Tomorrow could be Congress' last chance to exercise real oversight on the war. The media is paying less attention to Iraq,but we need to remind Rep. Herseth Sandlin that voters aren't—Americans are more frustrated with the war than ever before. Can you call Rep. Herseth Sandl...
SD Watch - Wed 2:03 p.m. - 23 clicks
South Dakota Public Broadcasting gets the newsmaker of the day, Senator George McGovern, on Dakota Midday for his first interview* following his announcement that he is going from hedging his endorsement to a full-tilt switch from Senator Clinton to Senator Obama for President. The conversation with SDPB's Pual Guggenheimer ( and Paul -- darn fine interview! ): Says McGovern: Hillary Clinton ...
Madville Times - Wed 11:25 a.m. - 21 clicks
On a glorious spring morning when I should be celebrating Senator Obama's continued 2-1 lead over Clinton in primary/caucus victories (Obama 32, Clinton 16) and the continued pattern of big wins for Obama versus squeakers for Senator Clinton , I must praise the Clinton campaign for scoring her first big points of the campaign season here in South Dakota. On Thursday, she becomes the first Democra...
Madville Times - Wed 7:41 a.m. - 20 clicks
Apparently NBC’s Tim Russert has reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton cancelled all of her campaign appearances today after her defeat in North Carolina and less than expected margin of victory in Indiana last night. Sourcing: Politico : “Tim Russert, a colleague reports, just said that Hillary Clinton canceled her scheduled appearances on the morning shows tomorrow.” (The Cl...
SD Watch - Wed 7:41 a.m. - 16 clicks
Send your résumés : At last night's meeting, the Madison Central School District approved a new contract that raised starting pay for teachers from $27,300 to $30,500. That's $3,200, an 11.7% boost. This raise beats the base salary increase the Watertown school board passed last month: new teachers at Watertown get $29,250 next school year , a boost of $1,750. Of course, the Watertown board also...
Madville Times - Wed 5:55 a.m. - 18 clicks
So the following somewhat snarky (and, of course, anonymous) comment appears right away on this morning's TransCanada post: I was wondering when this site would get to the McGovern numbers. But I certainly wasn't surprised this site made light of the margin of error. With that in mind, what Corey doesn't tell you is that a full 60% of South Dakotans would still be in favor of pipeline if the r...
Madville Times - Tue 9:31 p.m. - 20 clicks
I was talking to a fellow University of Houston Law Center LL.M. grad and buddy of mine who has spent a large chunk of his life in the oil business in Texas, first as a "land man" for Standard Oil in the 1970s and 80s and later as an oil and gas attorney in Victoria, Ft. Worth, and now Houston, Texas. I asked him if he had ever heard of Hyperion, t he company that may build a refinery near Elk...
SD Watch - Tue 9:30 p.m. - 20 clicks
Dave Kranz breaks the news tonight in his occasional Argus blog that Sen. Hillary Clinton is coming to Sioux Falls Thursday. An excerpt: Sen. Hillary Clinton brings her “Solutions for America” rally for President of the United States to South Dakota this week, looking to solicit support for her candidacy in the state’s June 3 primary. The Clinton campaign said tonight that the Thursday event...
SD Watch - Tue 9:30 p.m. - 21 clicks
I normally don’t blow my own horn, probably because I never have a horn to blow when compared with the other fine South Dakota Blogs but this caught me a bit off guard last night. BlogNetNews is a feed aggregator on steroids that also uses some kind of super secret algorithm to rank the “influence” of [...]...
South Dakota Moderate - Tue 5:35 a.m. - 15 clicks
Cory over at Madville Times introduces us to a 3rd challenger for the GOP nomination for the U S Senate. Veterinarian Dr. Charles Gonyo joins the race with Sam Kephart and Joel Dykstra whom are looking to challenge Tim Johnson this November. While Cory chooses to focus on Dr Gonyo’s abortion stand, which from what [...]...
South Dakota Moderate - Mon 7:01 p.m. - 19 clicks
...mountain lions consider traveling in pairs... KELO shares an AP report that South Dakota Game Fish & Parks is proposing new mountain lion regulations . Good idea: pass enough regulations, and the mountain lions will think this is Minnesota and move somewhere freer, like Montana. ;-) No, no, the new regulations would be on shooting mountain lions. Landowners would have to get a special ...
Madville Times - Mon 2:00 p.m. - 21 clicks
What's that? The Obama campaign opens its third campaign office in South Dakota? Northern Valley Beacon notes the grand opening of the Obama Aberdeen office Sunday, joining the Obama offices in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. "No lack of opportunity to help rebuild the country," says Dr. Newquist, for folks who want to get on the Obama train. The Clinton campaign is still catching up. They are o...
Madville Times - Mon 7:28 a.m. - 17 clicks
The Aberdeen Barack Obama campaign office held its open house this afternoon and introduced four young but seasoned campaigners who will coordinate the effort in this part of the state. They are signing up volunteers to man the telephone banks, canvass the precincts, and provide general help in restoring America to what it can and should be. The office also needs equipment such as tables, cha...
Northern Valley Beacon - May 4 - 11 clicks
SD Magazine sends out an e-mail newsletter now and then. The text below was in the May version. Interesting if you happen to have a mother and live or lived in South Dakota. Mother's Day Originated in South Dakota Although Mother's Day has origins that date back to the Greek sages, South Dakota actually played a significant role in its......
Dakota Today - May 4 - 11 clicks
I suppose all the bloggers and their dogs got the e-mail from Sen. Tim Johnson requesting support of a new GI bill for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. A copy is in the continuation of this post. I guess I am a supporter of such aid. Our government and our politicians have sent soldiers off to Iraq on the basis......
Dakota Today - May 2 - 7 clicks
Native Americans in South Dakota protesting a hog farm conveniently stuck into an area surrounded by tribal land might have a little more ammunition for their cause. Highway patrolmen should be required to ride with a hog in their back seat if they think aiding an out-of-state hog factory is such a good idea. I would guess some of the......
Dakota Today - May 1 - 8 clicks
Saw the first dandilions I have seen blooming this year. Must be a near certain indication that spring is here. Also, the end of April is rapidly approaching and that means property taxes are due in South Dakota. Damn, are they ever a reminder of how upside down the SD tax system really is. When RE taxes start pushing $20......
Dakota Today - Apr 29 - 9 clicks
The Sunday ARGUS and that of today (April 28, 2008) has articles on the "Janklow 36". It is a follow up on some prisoners dumped out of the SD State Prison because of crowding and told to get out of South Dakota and not return some 30 years or so ago. The ARGUS has followed up on the lives of......
Dakota Today - Apr 28 - 9 clicks
With the weather in South Dakota on a roller coaster of warm to frigid for the past weeks and months, I have delayed on getting a haircut and neglected shaving. We might say it is a winter hair situation. But, even the Jackrabbits are loosing their white winter hair, and I will have to get a new drivers license from......
Dakota Today - Apr 17 - 11 clicks
Apparently even Black Hills cougars or mountain lions have heard about the SD GOP policies of garbage in and graduates out. A cougar decided apparently after some kind of advanced cougar degree in the mountain school of hard knocks took off for what seemed like something better...only to be shot in Chicago. The story from Chicago and a photo of......
Dakota Today - Apr 17 - 9 clicks
