Rasmussen Reports yesterday released the results of the latest survey taken on October 20, 2010 of 500 likely voters in South Dakota.
Republican Kristi Noem has moved slightly further ahead of incumbent Democrat Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in South Dakota’s election for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Noem picked up 49% of the vote, while Herseth-Sandlin remained at 44%. 2% prefer some other candidate, and 5% are still undecided.
Her fiscal conservative, limited government, pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment policies seem to be gaining greater traction.
Even greater gains may be realized in these final days of the campaign as Senator John Thune, who has endorsed Kristi Noem, will travel the state with her on a bus tour of local communities to get out the vote.
Kristi does not worship in the same manner as most of you on this blog. She is bright, open-minded and accepting of those who are different than her. If elected she will not support any of the doctrine those on the extreme right live by. She will fairly represent all of us. Why do extreme conservatives continue to believe the GOP supports only their extreme agendas? Kristi Noem will do nothing in Washington to further your cause. She will embrace a middle of the road approach, one that will keep her in office. That’s why I’m voting for her next week.
Perhaps you are correct. I and others, will be watching and we will make our thoughts known to her as she serves us in the House. I disagree with your prediction of her actions in our service and reject that she will place personal ambition before service to us in South Dakota. She is a genuine patriot and I pray that Jesus Christ will remain the center of her life as she serves. I applaud your vote and I am certain that Kristi appreciates it too.
I just read Noem’s reply to questions about her faith on Mt. Blogmore. I’m going to have to change my vote now. I will be voting for Herseth. She’s more capable of keeping her religious convictions out of her politics. I suspect Herseth will win re-election because of Noem’s silly statements in refernce to evolution and the age of the earth.
Obviously it escaped you, but everyone interjects their religious convictions into their politics–even if they think they aren’t.
If your religious conviction is to reject what the Bible teaches, you will interject the belief in evolution into your politics.
If your religious conviction is to accept what the Bible teaches but your conviction is that what the Bible teaches isn’t important enough to allow expression in the “real world,” again you are interjecting your disdain for the importance of your own beliefs into your politics.
No matter what you do, you are interjecting your religious convictions into your politics.
The real question is: will you choose God’s word or man’s feeble wisdom?
Oh, and what’s truly silly about evolution and the age of the earth is believing things that are patently unscientific while calling them “scientific.”
The question is does John Thune’s endorsement help or hurt Kristi? I’m still not sure where I stand on Thune – this is the guy that voted for Bush’s stimulus. Is Kristi going to vote along party lines or is she truly going to represent this State and stand when all the others may be bowing down to their party affiliation?
I believe that John Thune’s endorsement and active campaigning with Kristi will be a positive for her campaign. The “Man from Murdo” is enormously popular with conservatives and moderates and is likely to deliver some conservative Democrats, already disenchanted with the Obama agenda, and some of the more liberal Republicans. John Thune’s entry into the 2012 presidential ring will likely bring about some changes in his positions. It remains to be determined if he will follow “traditional” thought that a presidential candidate must be perceived as a centrist or not. If he succumbs to that school of thought he will fail to energize the Republican conservatives and fail in his quest for the nomination. He must step to the right and secure the backing of conservative Republicans and the tea parties who can deliver the primary votes he needs.
As to Kristi Noem’s course in the House, she would be well advised to strictly follow her campaign commitments. It is our responsibility to watch and communicate either our applause for her specific positions or our dissatisfaction with same. I believe her heart is in the right place but we must pray that she doesn’t succumb to compromise on core issues and catch Potomac fever. It is the people that have supported her financially and with their grassroots work and I believe she gets that.