SD Republicans Have Primary Fun, Too!

Hey, don't you Republicans forget to head to the polls today -- South Dakota's fate rests in your hands, too! Lake County's Republicans will choose three county commission candidates to challenge Dems Craig Johannsen and Gene Anderson. Two polls on the Madville Times and the current poll at KJAM have produced the same three frontrunners: Rod Goeman, Chris Giles, and Scott Pederson. But keep an eye on Dan Bohl: he's not flashy, but he's as well connected with folks in the county, rural and urban (and I use the latter term very lightly), as anyone.

Republicans also have the pleasure of picking someone to get creamed by Tim Johnson. Maybe clever GOP voters should vote for raving xenophobe Dr. Charles Lyonel Gonyo. Dykstra and Kephart can both manage to be coherent; it's a shame to waste their efforts in a lost cause against Johnson. Save Dykstra and Kephart for some other race, save the GOP money for the competitive state legislative races. Let Gonyo win today, then leave him hanging in the wind (rather like the party did with Whalen agaisnt Herseth in 2006).