Rick Weiland Is Channeling the Ghost of George McGovern in South Dakota
Boosted by a scandal, a new prairie populist is trying to sing his way to an upset.snip//
The scandal, which needed no further explanation at the Chamberlain Country Club, was a byzantine affair that had engulfed the state’s high-price visa program. Known as EB-5, it was buoying every Democrat; it was doing the most by far for Rick Weiland. The former Tom Daschle staffer, who’s within single digits in the latest average of polls, bunched in with Republican Mike Rounds (who’d won two terms as governor) and independent Larry Pressler (a three-term Republican senator). Mayday, the “Super PAC to end Super PACs,” was on the air with $1 million of ads, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had followed.
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“I usually ask people to give me nine bucks, to keep me on the road,” Weiland remembered. “She had a ten-dollar bill. I reached into my pocket to get a one. She said, ‘keep the change.’ That’s how George McGovern put this party together in the 1950s. That’s how Tom Daschle did it in 1978, a race that I worked on. You know why? You get to talk to people. Most people in this state think we should be expanding Medicaid. Most people in this state think we deserve a viable minimum wage. You go down the list. Giving people a fair shot—that’s what we’re all about, not a free lunch.”
I can’t run a $9 million campaign
but I don’t have EB-5 to explain
and heyyyy-ey! No one’s bought me!
Great article! Much more.. and more music vids from Rick Weiland.. Democratic US Senate Candidate.
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2014-10-17/in-south-dakota-rick-weiland-is-channeling-the-ghost-of-george-mcgovern
Seems Harry Reid wrote off this Senate Race and Rick Weiland's been on his own. Like Steve Hildebrand said in the article.. "When you’re looking at a close race to hold your majority, you don’t write any state off."
Just a couple of Rick Weiland's singing campaign songs across South Dakota
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Good Luck in South Dakota, Rick Weiland! GOTV2014
S.D.’s Rick Weiland — A True LGBT Ally in An Unlikely Place
http://southfloridagaynews.com/Guest-Columnists/column-s-d-s-rick-weiland-a-true-lgbt-ally-in-an-unlikely-place.html
Edit: for a link to donating to Rick Weiland.. just $5 bucks or $9..
to blue neen~ Mahalo!
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/dkforrw
= new reply since forum marked as read
is a real unexpected coming out of nowhere candidate.. to a real contender! 
inured to Dems running from the President and letting repubs control the narrative.. and this guy is in SD is for Gay Marriage!
The person who Harry Reid wanted Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was not and when she bowed out it seems like the national Dems wrote off South Dakota.
I love this story!
And, thank you, freshwest 
states because they don't think they have a chance.
blue neen gave us a link to donate even $5 bucks or $9 bucks if possible.. think I'll put it in the OP..
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/dkforrw
I can do a bit to help him out. Not as much as I wish I could, but it all adds up, right?
him on the road..
I gave $10 before I saw your reply. 
It's a pittance but my heart is behind it. I'm a believer in true grassroots funding. I know it works when we all work together to make it happen. 
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Last night was our 250th public forum! More than 500 town visits and 250 public forums! #SDSEN
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I stand w/ @SenatorHarkin when it comes to scrapping the payroll tax cap, the current system is unfair to hard-working families. #sdsen #p2
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