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It's Division!

Political reporter, David Kranz, reports this morning that State Senator Bill Napoli is calling on State Senate Majority Leader Eric Bogue to enter a 2006 GOP Primary against Governor Mike Rounds.

Following up my previous post on “Addition Not Subtraction”, now Senator Napoli is not just calling on others to leave the party but calling for the party to send the leader packing. First the obvious, a primary over intolerance needlessly divides the party. Napoli should grow up and learn to work with others who don’t agree on every thing he believes. From a political standpoint, just as obvious, by a large majority South Dakotans approve of Mike Rounds.

Napoli doesn’t have to agree and yes not everyone is happy with everything the Governor is doing. However, Napoli’s view that you have to be with me all the time is not the way politics works, government works or especially the legislature works. If Napoli is unhappy (it seems to me that his faction in the caucus does prevail most of the time) he should try to persuade others of the merits of his ideas rather than throw these tantrums.

Over the past week or so I have heard rumors to send a strong message that thinking on your own will not be tolerated that Republican primaries may be in store for Senators McCracken and Duniphan in Rapid City. Now we hear we might as well take out the Governor because he doesn’t follow the Republican platform 100 percent. Unlike Napoli, everyone, Republicans, Democrats and Others elect the Governor. Rounds’ theme in his last election was “Working Together” something that Napoli should try.

I again suggest that the Party Leadership stop these outbursts and resolve the differences that exist.

Government will suffer and South Dakota will suffer. Eric Bogue is a gentleman and cares about South Dakota but he is in over his head as Majority Leader, if he fails to unite the factions in the caucus and get it functioning.

For Napoli to suggest that Eric Bogue has the ability to lead South Dakota when he cannot run a cohesive Caucus is laughable. Unless the GOP unites, first South Dakota loses and then the Party loses.

This is bad math!

Posted on Jul 28, 2005 at 01:03PM by Registered CommenterSouth Dakota Straight Talk in | Comments2 Comments

Reader Comments (2)

You have an interesting perspective on Senator Bogue's role as majority leader. Like the old saying goes, any jackasss can kick down a barn - it takes a carpenter to build one. I don't know of any better carpenter in the 25 member GOP caucus than Eric Bogue. I would agree that Sen napoli has a tendency to deliver his messages with a flamethrower, and that consequently the subtelty is lost. I would suggest that you may redirect your attention to the concern Sen napoli is expressing (minus the flames) about the indiviual(s) causing disunity for the GOP in the legislature, and then recognize that if they can dupe a wise one like you - they have been succesful in their efforts. I support Mike Round's re-election for Governor and I don't believe he will have a serious challenge in the primary or the general. But, as a GOP activist it takes about a thimble full of sense to see that Sen Adelstien (the real source of these missives) will continue to be very disruptive to the GOP, and is very disrespectful and intolerant of other points of view, and may well be successful in his efforts to damage it and obtain the consequences you write of
August 2, 2005 | Unregistered Commentera Twins Fan
I'm left to wonder what planet that commentator is on. Bogue is a nice guy but the introduction of bills in his own self interest leaves one to wonder what his motives really are.

And Adelstein being disruptive? He's as polite as can be. Perhaps you meant to say that he doesn't conform to your thoughts and therefore must be dismissed...
August 5, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterInterested Observer

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