Say Anything Blog

[...] Really, though, shame on them for pushing this falsehood. And shame on the North Dakota Democrats for pushing it as well, especially after one of their own recently came out and blasted Howard Dean for his defeatist rhetoric. [...]

[...] Hell, the fact that a national Democrat politician told Dean to “shut up” after making these comments went largely uncovered. You can’t tell me that isn’t news worth covering. [...]

[...] In response to Howard Dean’s claim that we cannot win in Iraq, which prompted a ND Rep. Earl Pomeroy to tell Dean to “shut up,” ND Senator Kent Conrad offered this lame defense: Well my understanding is that he said that in the context of we don’t change course and we don’t change direction. This is not so certain as some as thought because this has been the statement of many including prominent Republicans over the last three months that we’ve got to change course. [...]

[...] Of course, we may still see a Cramer campaign this year.  Rep. Earl Pomeroy is up for re-election as well, and that would be a match-up more to Cramer’s favor.  Still, if Cramer wants to win he needs to show more confidence.  And Pomeroy has been doing a fairly good job looking good for his red-state voters.  He told party Chairman Howard Dean to shut up, and that rejection of national Democrat liberalism will go a long way with a lot of ND voters.  Of course, Pomeroy later backed away from the comment, but either way Pomeroy won’t be an easy nut to crack. So who will run against Conrad? Who knows. As Taking Back ND notes, state Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is polling well. He’d be an obvious choice, if he’s interested in doing it. Regardless, whoever does run needs to come out of the chute at a dead sprint with a lot of energy. Conrad has been in the Senate for over two decades. At this point name recognition alone could carry an election for him in a state as politically apathetic as ND is. [...]