Reply #29: I like Stephanie Herseth, too [View All]

[last_texas_dem]

I noticed her when she first ran (unsuccessfully) for the House in '02, and it's been cool to see her success since then. She first won in a special election to replace SD's reckless-driving Rep in early '04 and just this month managed a truly impressive margin of victory (69-percent) for a Democrat in such a dark-red state. Yeah, I wish she weren't a blue dog, but I figure it goes with representing such a conservative state. (Then again, McGovern came out of South Dakota, so maybe not...) But considering how popular she seems to be in SD, she might be a good shot to take on John Thune for the Senate in 2010; it'd be awesome to see him defeated by a Democratic hottie!