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Per South Dakota War College comment: Pink Slime RINOs

I have already commented on the SDWC post regarding conservatives running primaries against incumbent RINOs. Here is a SDWC comment that is anti-conservative:

Bingo!! Excellent post, Bill… I’ve said all along that Howie and his band of wingnuts is the best thing to happen to South Dakota democrats in years.

They come to Pierre and throw their fellow republicans under the bus every chance they get, screaming RINO at the top of their lungs.

What they don’t get, is that most republicans are still reasonable people that aren’t going to support their brand of extremism. They go after the seated republicans, win a few, lose a few, but give up more seats to the dems than they gain in the big picture.

When will they realize that the folks they label as Rino’s are a whole lot more conservative than the dems that sneak in the back door. They must have learned their tactics from the NRA.

The person too has been mind-numbed by SDGOP Kool Aid. Then came this response:

when these life long democrats change their party registration to run as republicans, it does not make them republicans!

i am changing my name to angelina jolie, well there you have it! i am now angelina jolie! wait a minute, same old me in the mirro and what the heck do I do with the extra 60 pounds she doesn’t have?!

you can put crap between a bun and call it a burger but its still crap no matter what you call it.

Well, I saw it coming and it came:

good new name for those that register republican just to get elected! pink slime rinos!

Probably not something conservatives should use on the campaign trail, even though some may eat it up.

Bill Clay; a mind numbed by the SDGOP Kool Aid

Bill Clay, the stand in for SDGOP Establishment blogger Pat Powers, provides this analysis:

But what truly bugs me is that certain members of the Tea Party (Gordon Howie) have been so focused on primarying Republicans they see as unfit that they allowed three Democrats to go unchallenged. I would have loved it if the energy behind Gordon Howie and his ”Tea Party” would have gone to recruit a paltry three candidates to challenge the three unchallenged Democrats rather than focus all of their energy on creating primaries for incumbent Republicans.

The Tea Party is a great movement across this country, but some of its leaders in South Dakota have become severely misguided when it comes to understanding which indviduals truly oppose the causes they espouse.

Mr. Clay, those three Democrats support the SDGOP platform more often than the Republicans who have primaries. I would have left a comment, but I am not allowed in the SDWC "big tent". And if the SDGOP leadership believe those three Dems are a problem, why don't they find someone to run?

And conservatives are not running against RINOs in order to give them more power. The Dems are not the ones running Pierre right now, unless you want to argue the SDGOP leadership are the same as Dems. OK, go ahead and make that argument.

When will these partisan party activists learn to think, instead of blindly believing...if it is a "R", it has to be good. Set down the Kool Aid you received from the far-left SDGOP Establishment leaders and begin using your brain for what it was designed to do.

Pat Powers wrong, mislead, lied? Davison County chair takes position in District 20 primary

Since Pat Powers has deleted his web site, I can't link to the posts where he claims that the party leadership does not take sides in the primary. A couple of weeks ago, this was reported by the Mitchell Daily Republic:

Asked about Sibson’s candidacy, Vehle said “it’s a free country” and added that it’s good to have people running for office.

Davison County Republican Party Chairwoman Donna Weiland said Vehle has represented the party well, and she sees no reason for a change.

“We will support what we already have,” Weiland said, referring to Vehle and District 20’s two representatives, Lance Carson and Tona Rozum, who are both Republicans from Mitchell.

So clearly Pat Powers was wrong or lied. I have received an email from Weiland saying they will "NOT" be letting District 20 candidates speak at the Davison County Lincoln Day Dinner. I am sure Vehle is happy about that decision. There will be one less change for Republicans to know they have a choice in the priomary and what the differences will be among the candidates. After all, the leadership of the Davison County GOP "will support what we already have". They have already made the decision for everybody.

Obama admits GOP governors implementing Obamacare, Daugaard singled out

Clearly Romney implemented Obamacare in Massachusetts before Obama became president:

Ryssdal: Let me ask you the follow-on question about the Supreme Court on Monday: Assuming as I'm sure you do that you will prevail in the Supreme Court with the case over the individual mandate, you will have beaten in court 26 states -- that is the majority of states. You will have to depend on them to execute your plan to reform the health care system in this country, and yet they will be unwilling and unwelcome partners. Are you confident you can still get it done, even after all this acrimony?

Obama: Absolutely, because frankly, these lawsuits that were filed were basically uniformly filed by Republicans who wanted to score political points. And even some of those who filed suit are actually behind the scenes working with us to prepare for a day when we've got exchanges in these states where people can be part of a larger pool so they can get a bit better deal on their insurance.

And it will be very hard for any governor to explain why it is that they're not giving people -- and small businesses, not just individuals -- an opportunity to get cheaper health insurance, better deal, more protections because of some ideological argument that they're having with the president. And when people see that in fact it works, it makes sense -- as it's, by the way, working in Massachusetts -- then I think a whole bunch of folks will say 'Why aren't we trying it as well?'

I had an email from Richard D. Fry forwarded to me that said this:

Obama has now admitted that “…some of those [GOP Governors] who filed suit [against Obama Care] are actually behind the scenes working with us to prepare for a day when we've got exchanges in these states….” I’ve been ringing that bell since June that Gov.  Brownback’s implementing OC by stealth was part of a national plan involving GOP Govs.  

At that time I identified Oklahoma and Indiana. Now we have identified this happening in South Carolina, Mississippi and South Dakota. They were all using the same game plan. First they tried by stealth (like Brownback) then they made the same excuses as Brownback did i.e., OC is “...an unconstitutional law but the law of the land…”, “… we can do it our way not the OC way…”, “a state exchange will give us more flexibility…” and after being forced to give back the federal EIG, finding “alternate” sources of funding. Then the Governor simply rams it through via his administration as is happening in Oklahoma and South Dakota.

So we have Sen. Thune supporting Romney, who implemented Romneycare, and Rounds working with Daschle in Obama's task force and Daugaard carrying on the GOP legacy of pointing to those evil Democrats while they implement the very same crap.

Greek debt crisis shows the plan to be used to set up the New World Order

Here is the latest on the debt crisis in Greece:

World markets rallied Thursday after European leaders agreed on a plan to deal with the eurozone debt crisis. But in Greece, the most imperiled country, there was skepticism that the deal will do much to help the country out of recession.

In addition, many Greeks also fear that they are losing their sovereignty, and are uncomfortable about the role Germany will be playing in the country's financial future.

The Nuntius stock brokerage firm is, unlike similar offices in New York or London, deathly quiet. So many people have been laid off that the offices are nearly empty.

The firm's president, Alexandros Moraitakis, sits behind a big desk, his cell phone ringing with calls from clients eager to know about the EU deal that was reached at dawn Thursday.

His own profession is in critical condition. In the past two years, the Greek stock market has lost 75 percent of its volume. Personally, he doesn't like the EU deal. He says the EU, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank — known as the troika — have his country's fate in their hands.

Isn't America also involved with the International Monetary Fund? And here is another similarity:

Moriatakis lists some other troika results: Unemployment has doubled, and despite two years of draconian austerity measures, Greece is in recession and spiraling downwards. Many commentators echo this negative view.

And there's widespread criticism that the troika is going to have a permanent office in Athens for the rest of the decade.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made clear that over-indebted eurozone countries must be closely overseen by international inspectors.

Many Greeks see this as the first step of a loss of national sovereignty.

How soon will it me that America will be considered "over-indebted" and in need of "international inspectors"? And when you lose your national sovereignty, you then become controlled by the New World Order.

The Etch A Sketch RINOs in bed with Obamacare, Rounds and Daschle provide the example

The battle plan of RINOs has now been exposed:

A Wednesday comment on CNN by Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's senior campaign adviser, continued to provide top rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich with ammunition to attack Romney over shifting stances on issues such as health care and abortion during his career.

Fehrnstrom said the campaign will "hit a reset button" to take on President Barack Obama in the fall if Romney wins the GOP nomination, adding, "it's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up, and we start all over again."

The comment came in response to a question about whether Romney had to adopt conservative stances in the Republican campaign that could hurt him with moderates in November.

Both the Tea Party conservatives and Obama recognize health care as one of the RINO Etch A Sketch issues:

On the Tea Party Nation website, blogger Judson Phillips wrote Thursday that the Etch A Sketch image "is what conservatives have been warning about for months with Romney."

"He is a liberal. He has no core convictions and as soon as he becomes the nominee, he will move far to the left," Phillips continued.

The caricature of Romney as a politically motivated flip-flopper extends far beyond the Republican campaign and right-wing blogosphere.

President Obama told Public Radio International that Romney is "pretending" the health care plan he instituted in Massachusetts is different than the national plan that he got passed two years ago Friday. Republican opponents have made the the Massachusetts reform that Romney oversaw as governor a frequent attack on Romney's conviction.

Obama pointed to the similarities between the two plans without mentioning the Republican front-runner by name.

"We designed a program that actually previously had support of Republicans, including the person who may end up being the Republican standard bearer and is now pretending like he came up with something different," the president said.

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle joked about Romney at a dinner Wednesday night honoring fellow former Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker for their legacies of bipartisanship.

"Tonight, we are here to honor two distinct, different Republicans -- and no, I'm not talking about Mitt Romney," Daschle said.

And remember a year ago how Daschle welcomed former governor and Fischer Rounds Insurance mogul Mike Rounds to the Obamacare task force:

Former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds is back in the insurance game, but he hasn't left public policy and politics behind.

Rounds said Friday that he has joined a task force affiliated with the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle has been a co-leader in health care reform work since 2008.

Rounds said he will be a co-chairman in a new health care initiative along with Daschle, former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. The task force will examine ways for states to meet health care challenges and to address provisions of the new health care reform law.

"We're looking to find bipartisan responses to some of these things," Rounds said. "I have a real interest in the health care project, where Sen. Daschle will be actively involved."

Rounds said he liked the philosophy of the Bipartisan Policy Center, which engages people of differing political backgrounds and philosophies to seek compromise solutions to important problems.

"We don't check our credentials at the door. We bring them," Rounds said. "But we respect other points of view and look for areas where we can agree."

Daschle said Friday that he welcomes Rounds to a bipartisan effort he considers crucial to health care reform.

"It is the only way this will ever work," Daschle said of. "Our primary purpose is to explore how states can move forward in providing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. I am delighted to be working with Gov. Rounds on this."

And as I posted before, Rounds handpicked successor has Obamacare ready to go and if any South Dakota Republican wants to have a future, you better listen to the governor. And Dennis Daugaard joined Sen. John Thune, who is promoting Romney, in the Argus Leader to complain about Obamacare. And sadly most South Dakota Republicans will be fooled by it.

 

Dictator Daugaard has his way with the South Dakota legislature on veto day, Executive branch trumps the citizens' Second Amendment rights

In case you don't know who is running this state, yesterday would be a good hint as Governor Daugaards vetos survived. HB1248 is an example of the tyranny in Pierre:

Gov. Dennis Daugaard's veto of a bill that would have allowed most South Dakota adults to carry concealed handguns without a permit was upheld Monday by the state House of Representatives after opponents said the measure would have gone too far in loosening gun-control laws.

A 27-40 vote to override the veto fell far short of the two-thirds majority of 47 needed to pass a bill over a governor's veto. The House had passed the bill 50-18 on Feb. 13, but many representatives changed their view after the veto.

So here is the February 13 vote:

Yeas 50, Nays 18, Excused 2, Absent 0

    Yeas:
Abdallah; Boomgarden; Brunner; Carson; Conzet; Cronin; Deelstra; Elliott; Gosch; Greenfield; Haggar; Hansen (Jon); Hickey; Hoffman; Hubbel; Hunt; Iron Cloud III; Jensen; Killer; Kirkeby; Kloucek; Kopp; Liss; Lust; Magstadt; Miller; Moser; Munsterman; Novstrup (David); Olson (Betty); Perry; Romkema; Rozum; Russell; Schaefer; Schrempp; Scott; Sigdestad; Solum; Steele; Stricherz; Tornow; Tulson; Van Gerpen; Vanneman; Venner; Verchio; Wick; Wink; Speaker Rausch

    Nays:
Blake; Bolin; Dennert; Dryden; Fargen; Feickert; Feinstein; Hawley; Hunhoff (Bernie); Jones; Kirschman; Lucas; Sly; Street; Turbiville; White; Willadsen; Wismer

    Excused:
Gibson; Nelson (Stace)

Here is yesterday's failed attempt to over ride the governor's veto:

 Yeas 27, Nays 40, Excused 3, Absent 0
    Yeas:
Boomgarden; Brunner; Carson; Conzet; Cronin; Gosch; Greenfield; Haggar; Hansen (Jon); Hickey; Hubbel; Jensen; Kirkeby; Liss; Lust; Munsterman; Nelson (Stace); Olson (Betty); Russell; Stricherz; Tornow; Van Gerpen; Venner; Verchio; Wick; Wink; Speaker Rausch

Nays:
Abdallah; Blake; Bolin; Deelstra; Dennert; Dryden; Elliott; Fargen; Feickert; Feinstein; Gibson; Hawley; Hoffman; Hunhoff (Bernie); Hunt; Jones; Killer; Kirschman; Kloucek; Kopp; Lucas; Magstadt; Miller; Moser; Novstrup (David); Perry; Romkema; Rozum; Schaefer; Schrempp; Scott; Sigdestad; Sly; Solum; Street; Tulson; Turbiville; Vanneman; White; Willadsen

    Excused:
Iron Cloud III; Steele; Wismer

I have underlined the 22 legislators who changed their vote. It would be wrong to say the governor directly impacted those votes as some were Democrats and one was simply excused during the first vote. But I suspect that most were influenced by the governor's concern from the law enforcement area that is under his control. And I do respect the concerns of law enforcement as they put their lives on the line to defend us. But we must understand that they cannot be by all of our sides 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You think the size of the federal debt is large now? So the Second Amendment is there for us to defend ourselves. As legislators, who give their oath to defending the Constitution and our rights, the Second Amendment should have more force than the concerns of law enforcement. Second, the separation of powers are there so the legislative branch can protect our constitutional rights against the authority of the executive branch where law enforcement exists.

Rep. Lance Russell, Rep. Phil Jensen, and Rep. Stace Nelson were the only ones who argued in support of the constitution. Many of the rest argued from emotion and lacked logic. One such argument was the threat of being postcarded by the South Dakota Gun Owners. Rep. Nelson brought up the fact that the SDGOs sent out an email supporting the governor's veto. Their version of this issue was HB1015, which was killed due to legislators who don't like to be held accountable to their constituents for how they vote. That fact did not stop Abdallah from voting against the Second Amendment, as he mislead fellow legislators on his A+ standing with the NRA.

So where does the NRA stand on this? Here is their view on the Wyoming decision to allow "Constitutional Carry":

Sponsored by state Senator Kit Jennings (R-28) of Casper, SF 47 is an important update to lawful carry in Wyoming.  It will allow a Wyoming resident to legally carry a concealed firearm without the burdensome requirement of acquiring a Wyoming concealed carry permit. This legislation will not change the current permitting system, which will still be required for non-residents and those who wish to participate in reciprocal concealed carry permit agreements when traveling outside of the state.

So this is not some attempt by radicals who lack common sense. This is a legitimate constitutional issue where common sense says the governor and 40 legislators did not fulfill their oath of office on legislation that could have gone further in safeguarding our natural right to defend ourselves against those who chose to use force to have their way with us.

Governor Daugaard agrees with Obama, the Second Amendment is meaningless and vetoes the popular HB1248

So if you want second Amendment Rights, the Governor of South Dakota says we have to prove ourselves innocent first and vetoed the popular HB1248:

Gov. Dennis Daugaard has vetoed a measure that would have allowed South Dakotans to carry concealed handguns without a permit as long as they had a driver's license and otherwise met state standards for carrying guns.

In his veto message to the Legislature, the governor says he supports people's right to carry a concealed handgun under the current law that requires a permit. He says the bill would have made it difficult for law enforcement officers to determine whether people are qualified to carry concealed weapons or are prohibited from doing so because they have criminal records or mental health problems.

The Legislature will consider the governor's veto on Monday. A vetoed bill can become law if two-thirds of the House and Senate vote to override the governor's veto.

And note he made this last minute veto in order to give the citizens less time to put pressure on their legislators. Yes, in a gobal economy based on central planning from the United Nations, we citizens don't get to have guns. And wait to here Daugaard tell pro-gun conservatives to send money so that we can defeat Obama. I say, the governor better tell his wealthy globalist cohorts that he is going to need lots of money next election.

This is the kind of votes that the South Dakota Gun Owners usually expose to the public, and that is why liberal Republicans hate them so much.

We have enough votes in the House to override, but we need to change a couple of these anti-gun Senators (only 3 are Democrats) who voted against this bill on 2/28/2012:

Adelstein; Bradford; Buhl; Gray; Holien; Johnston; Nelson (Tom); Peters; Sutton; Tieszen; Vehle

 

Vehle, one of Daugaard's legislative minions, misleading citizens on the state budget, promoting tax and fees increases while voting in tax cuts to big corporate special interests

I let the fur fly in Saturday's Mitchell Daily Republic:

Sen. Mike Vehle’s March 8 column needs correction. His friend who questioned last year’s state budget cuts being spent this year deserves the truth, not political spin.

The 2012 budget was passed last year with a $45 million structural surplus. That number was calculated based on Gov. Daugaard’s budget that I obtained online. I presented the analysis to all three District 20 representatives in a February 2012 forum, and none would respond and none has yet responded constructively.

Now we know they underestimated revenues by $51 million and over-budgeted Medicaid by at least $100 million based on actual spending for the year ending June 30, 2011. So that is how they can spend another $80 million via special appropriations in order to handout 5 percent bonuses to most all government employees, while saying only 20 percent of teachers deserve bonuses, from cuts made in the state aid to K-12 and Medicaid providers. They also moved nearly $40 million of the 2012 surplus to the 2013 budget so they can spend more than they have ever spent before.

Vehle also complained about the expected cut in federal money. Did you know that the state actually spent $232 million “LESS” in 2011 than what they had budgeted? The 2013 budget has $573 million more federal money than what South Dakota spent in federal money during the pre-recession, pre-Obama 2008 fiscal year.

In 2008, South Dakota state spending totaled just over $3 billion, and now it is budgeted at $4 billion for 2013. And Vehle is whining about the need to cut $45 million to $50 million in federal funds? We should be asked to cut 10 times more than that in order to get back to where we were pre-recession instead of passing on $800 million in additional debt to future generations.

But Sen. Vehle won’t work on that. Instead, he says his plan is to wait for the election to get over so he can go back to Pierre and raise our taxes and fees even more, just to give more tax breaks to his wealthy corporate campaign donors.

Anybody ready for a change?

District 20 Senate race takes shape, Sibson vs Vehle, and the Democrats add Quentin Burg

The Mitchell Daily Republic has a front-page report on the upcoming District 20 Senate race:

Steve Sibson acknowledges his will be an uphill battle for District 20’s Senate seat, but he insists he will best represent the little guy.

Sibson, 56, of Mitchell, said this week he has enough signatures to file a petition for the seat but is gathering more to help spread word of his campaign. Assuming he files enough valid signatures, he will set up an inner-party challenge against incumbent Sen. Mike Vehle, R-Mitchell. The primary election is June 5.

“I want to bring back into vogue the conservative Republican platform,” Sibson said. “The basic theme of my campaign two years ago and my campaign now is ‘Making government bureaucracy smaller and making you the citizen bigger.’ ”

Sibson ran two years ago against Vehle as an independent in the general election. Although he got 21 percent of the vote in 2010, Sibson said conservative Republicans were afraid to vote for him because they thought splitting the Republican vote would help a Democrat win.

This year, he hopes his Republican status will bring more votes from conservatives around District 20, which after redistricting will now include Davison, Aurora and Jerauld counties.

He wants to focus on bringing education back into parental control. He said while there’s been a decrease in student population, the state has increased the amount of faculty and staff in the schools. He added that Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s solution to the education situation is “more bureaucracy.”

“Instead of letting the federal government dictate to us what is a quality education, put that decision in the hands of the parents,” he said. “The problem is not the teachers, it is the system.”

Clearly education will be the burning issue. I will be helping put HB1234 on the ballot as it clearly shows how the SDGOP has abandoned their conservative principles and implemented another Obama agenda item. And sadly there are some who don't get it:

Sen. Vehle has not filed for re-election yet, but has petitions out and plans to file before the March 27 deadline, he said.

Asked about Sibson’s candidacy, Vehle said “it’s a free country” and added that it’s good to have people running for office.

Davison County Republican Party Chairwoman Donna Weiland said Vehle has represented the party well, and she sees no reason for a change.

“We will support what we already have,” Weiland said, referring to Vehle and District 20’s two representatives, Lance Carson and Tona Rozum, who are both Republicans from Mitchell.

Now you understand why I ran as an Independent two years ago. Weiland has been given Vehle's extreme left liberal voting record. And I would like to welcome Quentin Burg to the fray:

Former state representative Quentin Burg, of Wessington Springs, has petitions out and plans to file as a Democrat for District 20’s Senate seat as well, he said Tuesday.

He said he’s been frustrated with this year’s legislative session as many legislators seem to have followed whatever Gov. Daugaard wanted.

“When I looked at this legislative session and what they did with education, I was frustrated. There was no real leadership,” he said.

The question for Burg is, don't you know that the SDGOP is only doing what Obama wants? This is from a George Will column that also ran in today's Mitchell paper:

Meanwhile, the Education Department is pretending that three laws do not mean what they clearly say. This is documented in the Pioneer Institute’s report “The Road to a National Curriculum: The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers” by Robert S. Eitel, Kent D. Talbert and Williamson M. Evers, all former senior officials in the Education Department.

The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) — No Child Left Behind is its ninth iteration — intruded the federal government into this traditionally state and local responsibility. It said that “nothing in this act” shall authorize any federal official to “mandate, direct, or control” a state’s, local educational agency’s or school’s curriculum. The General Education Provisions Act of 1970, which supposedly controls federal education programs, stipulates that “no provision of any applicable program shall be construed to authorize” any federal agency or official “to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction” or selection of “instructional materials” by “any educational institution or school system.”

The 1979 law establishing the Education Department forbids it from exercising “any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum” or “program of instruction” of any school or school system. The ESEA as amended goes further: No funds provided to the Education Department “may be used . . . to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in” kindergarten through 12th grade.

However . . .

What authors Eitel, Talbert and Evers call the Education Department’s “incremental march down the road to a national curriculum” begins with the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSS). It is an initiative not of any state legislature but of a governors association, state school officials and private foundations. This push advanced when the Race to the Top Fund (RTTT, part of the 2009 stimulus) said that peer reviewers of applications for money should favor those states that join a majority of states in developing and adopting common standards. The 11 states and the District of Columbia that won Race to the Top funding had adopted or indicated an intention to adopt the CCSS, which will require changes in curricula.

An Education Department synopsis of discussions with members of the public about priorities in competition for RTTT money says “the goal of common K-12 standards is to replace the existing patchwork of state standards.” Progressives celebrate diversity in everything but thought.

The Obama administration is granting conditional waivers to states chafing under No Child Left Behind’s unrealistic accountability requirements. The waivers are contingent on each state adopting certain standards “that are common to a significant number of states,” or the state may adopt standards endorsed by its institutions of higher education — if those standards are consistent with the Education Department’s guidelines.

We have been warned. Joseph Califano, secretary of health, education and welfare in the Carter administration, noted that “in its most extreme form, national control of curriculum is a form of national control of ideas.”

Here again laws are cobwebs. As government becomes bigger, it becomes more lawless. As the regulatory state’s micromanagement of society metastasizes, inconvenient laws are construed — by those the laws are supposed to restrain — as porous and permissive, enabling the executive branch to render them nullities.

This is why I oppose Daugaard's education plan that will spend $8.4 million on training Common Core Standards, and then tens of millions more to set up a testing to give bonuses to the those teachers who implement the Common Core Standards. This is how we have increased the cost of education without any results in regard to academic performance over that last several decades. Daugaard is only doing what Obama wants, and that is to continue with the federal education agenda that the Bushs', Clinton, and now Obama have already pushed. It is not a change in status quo, and it is the anti-thesis to local control. Daugaard is blindly taking marching order from the National Governors Association whose agenda comes out of Washington DC.

The education issue clearly shows how the leadership of both parties are in the same bed. Their aim is control...control on how and what we think. Time for conservative Republicans, conservatve Populist Democrats, and libertarians to join forces and stand up to the leaderships of both political parties.

Side note: I bet Vehle is telling all his rich special interests that he is going to need a lot of money.