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KJAM this morning catches the story of Michigan trying to steal South Dakota's primary thunder by holding a do-over primary on June 3. KJAM reports that SD Dems executive director Rick Hauffe is not pleased (no quote on the web, though -- gotta tune in to 1390 AM!).
But there's still a bind: Michigan legislators want both candidates' approval before going ahead with this costly plan. Senator Tupac Hunter of Detroit, a co-chair fo the Obama Michigan campaign, is also arguing he wants to see the money to pay for the primary up front before Michigan approves any primary redo [see UPI, "Michigan Do-Over Dem Primary in Catch-22," 2008.03.17].
Maybe Governor Rounds should e-mail -- oh, sorry, call -- his friend Governor Granholm and ask her for a favor. Ask her to schedule the do-over a couple weeks earlier, like May 20. Governor Rounds is all about economic development, and South Dakota could use a little tourism boost from the primary attention. And think of this: who would all those folks be spending big money campaigning for the big June 3 South Dakota primary? Democrats. Liberal media. Perfect! Huge boost in sales tax and booze-bed-and-breakfast revenue, and not a penny has to come out of the pockets of his GOP friends! It's a win-win-win situation! Make that call, Mike!
UPDATE: CITY BALL FIELD TO BE NAMED AFTER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH NO
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I read in an article about Clinton and Obama coming to Montana that O is planning to be in SD on April 4.
ReplyDeleteOh, Anna! Don't leave me hanging -- send me a link to that article!
ReplyDeleteBut... double oh! April 4? We're going to a wedding in Nebraska that weekend. Someone get me the Obama hotline....
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/
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High level Democratic Party sources told the Tribune on Friday morning that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will announce plans later today to speak at the Mansfield-Metcalf dinner April 5.
Sources say Obama, who will to travel to the state after a visit to South Dakota on April 4, will make his first stop in Missoula for a rally at the University of Montana before moving on to Butte for the 30th Annual Mansfield-Metcalf dinner, the Montana Democratic Party’s largest fundraiser.