Congratulations South Dakota!

[Richardo]

I woke up this morning to some of the best political news in a good long while...NPR's Morning Edition clicked on with my alarm telling me Stephanie Herseth won the special congressional election.

:bounce: Party in the SD State Forum! :party:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. As SD goes, so goes the nation?

Do you suppose this is a harbinger of what is to come in November?

[Richardo]

2. We can only hope - but it was close in SD (51-49%)...

...and she'll have to do it all over again in November. :( They say she had a 6-point lead going into the election, and started in the double digits, so the REpub machine was cranking up there at the end. I don't know if Johnson's remarks about the GOP Taliban backlashed on Stephanie. Any South Dakotans know? :shrug:

She (and the rest of us) will have to bear down and work our asses off to win in November. I think the momentum is out there in the moderate Republican and independent camps, but it will still take a lot of concerted effort to turn it around in the Dem direction.

[sniffa]

3. definateLy

that's 2 seats we got back, and it's not even eLections time.

[fudge stripe cookays]

4. Way to go SDers!

This does my heart proud.

FSC

[Seemann For Congress]

5. Amen to that

We are one seat closer to taking back Congress!

[UTUSN]

6. Kick for Congratulations to Us! n/t

[gratuitous]

7. An extra tidbit of good news from the Daily Kos

Some folks are alarmed that Herseth won "only" 51-49. In 2000, South Dakota went for Bush 60-38. That's a pretty hefty turnaround between elections. Bush, who is going to have to scramble for every electoral vote again this time, may have to spend campaign money in South Dakota that he didn't spend last time. Which means he'll have less to spend in other places. Which is good news.

[Killarney]

8. Yes! Hope she wins again in 7 months!

:toast:

[skjpm]

9. I'm from South Dakota

and this warms my heart.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. i'm not from south dakota, but....

i've thrown my financial support behind stephanie, and barack obama (illinois), and my own erskine bowles. i couldn't be more thrilled. cheers to you s. dakota.

:toast:

[Richardo]

11. A shot of helium for SD...

[tilsammans]

12. Way to go, Steph! Way to go, SD!

What a thrill it was to wake up to good news for a change!

:toast:

[Richardo]

13. Welcome to DU, tilsammans

:toast: