Journal endorses Pressler for US Senate
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Senate was essentially his to lose.Rounds had name recognition as a two term former South Dakota governpatagonia guide jacket hut3or; he was a Republican in an overwhelmingly red state and had national party support; and his opponents included a never before elected and a little known Democrat in Rick Weiland and two candidates running shoestring campaigns as independents.And yet, in our view, while Rounds may still win the election, he has lost our support as a board.The revelations over his handling of the EB 5 federal immigration/investment program many uncovered by reporters from this and other South Dakota newspapers show that either Rounds wapatagonia nsp discounts incompetent or has been deceptive about what he knew about the problems plaguing the program.But morepatagonia new fleeceover, Rounds filed false testimony to a legislative committee after clapatagonia gift card for cashiming his office was never served with a lawsuit over the handling of program financing by another Rounds crony, the elusive Joop Bollen. 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Independent Gordon Howie, a former state lawmaker, is simply too inexperienced to win our vote, and has spent more time attacking other candidates than putting forward sound proposals.Democrat Rick Weipatagonia guide jacket hut1land, while no doubt a fine, friendly restaurateur who burned up shoe leather visiting every town in South Dakota, has no elected experience and has not demonstrated a deep understanding of the issues facing our state and nation. His guitar playing and singing create a welcoming man of the people aura, but the schtick runs thin when it comes to selecting someone who could at some point decide whether to send American troops to war.We hope Weiland stays in the political picture in South Dakota, and believe he can do good work to help make this a better state and nation. Senapatagonia discount code epsonte. Representative and Senator who has run a grassroots campaign for what he says would be one final term in Congress to in part break the partisan gridlock that has left our federal government hamstrung. Now running as an independent, Pressler promises he won t be beholden to either party, and that is attractive at a time when deep partisanship divides our leaders and much of our nation. Pressler has not said which party he will caucus with in the Senate, which is somewhat disconcerting.Yet Pressler has 18 years of experience in Washington, which gives him a strong foundation of knowledge about how government works, or can work, and he will bring immediate seniority and clout to the post if elected. At 72, Pressler is an elder statesman, and can appear a bit rumpled. Yet he speaks cogently about major issues in a way that are not driven by party alliance, orpatagonia guide jacket hut2 a desire only to be re elected, but to make life better for Americans.Pressler, a Vietnam veteran, Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Law graduate, also demonstrates a deep sense of caring about South Dakota, and patagonia guide jacket hutits people, and appears willing to tackle local issues such as improving air service to Rapid City and other smaller towns across the Great Plains. He has used an edited version of the Abscam tape as a centerpiece of his campaign. However, as a Jack Anderson article as well as the full tape transcript shows, Pressler never used the word illegal and never stormed out of what was a friendly meeting. He also never contacted the Senate or FBI after the offer. He told both the New York Times as well as a letter sent to congressional investigators that he never reported the bribe offer because he did not consider it a bribe. As Jack Anderson wrote, Pressler was no Sir Galahad and was trying to pull off his own Abscam on the public. Pressler really hasn t produced a strong policy position on issues facing South Dakotans.
