5/30/18

SOS Krebs expects another abysmal turnout for primary

South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs talked to KWAT radio the other day about her expected dismal voter turnout next week where she is actually part of the story.

Sioux Falls just turned in the lowest voter turnout in a city election in nearly 25 years. A declining number of people registering to vote, a Republican secretary of state purging voter rolls or overwhelming disgust and hopelessness? Krebs herself is being thrown under the bus in her primary race for South Dakota's lone US House seat because she exposed Kristi Noem as a philanderer. Neal Tapio is in the primary to erode support for Krebs.

The race was a topic during the In the Moment segment today on Bill Janklow's idea of public radio. Jonathan Ellis told listeners Democrat Cory Heidelberger carped about Kristi Noem's hair in a tweet during her debate with Marty Jackley which aired previously on Bill Janklow's idea of public teevee.

According to Watertown Public Opinion Managing Editor Roger Whittle, West River white men support Jackley 48-41 in the gubernatorial primary race and white women support Noem 48-41. Noem is being thrown under the bus because she got caught being a philanderer.

In 2014 Krebs' opponent in the earth hater primary, Howdy Doody Dusty Johnson, attended the Western Governors Association conference in Denver with his boss Denny Daugaard. Make them pee in a cup.

Very little warms the cockles of my heart like the war being prosecuted for the soul of the South Dakota Republican Party and the bloodbath does taste delicious; but, it does beggar the question whether Tapio and his handler Shad Olson are being manipulated by the SDGOP or if there is a quid pro quo.

Primaries are expensive and allow far too much mischief. Since turnout is so pathetic especially during midterms the hobbled South Dakota Democratic Party should end them and choose candidates at the state conventions.

Listen to the interview with Krebs here.

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