“Care, Cannabis, Codetermination” the best way to rebuild the SDDP

The South Dakota Democratic Party should look at a DFL-type strategy, gang. 

Minnehaha County is going to step up and own the South Dakota Democratic Party if county chairs don't fire up their delegates to go to the goddamned convention. If candidates want support from the party they should know what the platform is and not announce a run expecting the party to back them, especially if they don't attend the convention. Platforms are crafted at the convention by delegates who are frustrated that candidates like Dan Ahlers, Billie Sutton, Joe Lowe and Tim Bjorkman completely ignored what the party stands for. Billie Sutton was a fart in a haboob who bought Susan Wismer's mailing list and bombed my inbox begging for money. 

And dry drunk atheist Cory Heidelberger is using his newest blog, Dakota Free Press as a personal cash cow and just hasn't delivered for Democratic voters. During the 2016 presidential primary Senator Bernie Sanders won West River. 

And one could combine such a policy with Medicaid expansion, higher subsidies for the ACA marketplaces, and a child allowance under the rubric of “care” and run on “Care, Cannabis, Codetermination.” Or a “Public Option, Pot, Paid Family Leave.” Whatever. Moderates and progressives can get together around a table, look at a list of popular policies and a thesaurus and let a thousand pitches bloom. [Democrats Have a Problem. ‘Workers, Wages, Weed’ May Be the Answer.]

While the author of interested party is a staunch Democrat and has been 100% correct on how to run a credible political campaign in South Dakota up til now it's been far too revolutionary to represent South Dakota Democrats in the party's present deflated context. When only one Democratic South Dakota native knows what wins elections in that state, life might be easier if this scrivener just jammed a fork up his nose. 

Combined with a split in the SDGOP South Dakota Democrats could become competitive again. Not running a Democrat against Howdy Doody Dusty Johnson was stupid. Hold him accountable in 2022. The Democratic Parties in Montana and New Mexico are already formulating tactics and raising money so Democrats can recover and run strong campaigns. 

If the Neanderthal South Dakota Legislature had any integrity or ethics (they don’t) they would empower the tribal nations trapped in South Dakota to be the sole cannabis industry producers in the state (they won't). 

Indian casinos are small banks. It's time for my home state to enter cannabis compacts with tribal nations.