North Dakota’s top elected Democrat, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, has been testy with reporters lately when asked about gun control. The reason is obvious. Heitkamp’s fellow liberals want gun control, up to and including gun confiscation (more on that in a moment), very badly. But Heitkamp knows that in order to keep her office, which she…
Kylie Oversen Ought Not Lecture Us About Integrity
The North Dakota Democrat Party is currently being run by children, as evidenced by the fact that the party thinks a 20 minute profane polemic from John Oliver is a foundation they can build on for political success. Rep. Kylie Oversen, a twenty-something still attending college in Grand Forks when she’s not acting as the…
North Dakota Democrats Caught Being Big, Giant Hypocrites About Public Data
Over at Watchdog today I write about something a reader tipped me off to. He noticed that his North Dakota bow hunting license was addressed to him with the same typo in his name as a Pheasants Forever mailing. It turns out, when you purchase a hunting or fishing license in the state, your personal…
North Dakota Democrats Bringing Debbie Wasserman-Schultz To Fargo For Fundraiser
There’s no question that North Dakota Democrats are pretty down in the mouth about their chances in 2016. Senator Heidi Heitkamp declined to roll the dice and run for governor, probably concluding that she couldn’t win. This morning George Sinner, the party’s U.S. House candidate in 2014, floated the idea that the Dems might not…
Shallow Democrat Youth Movement Forgets The Past
What is going on in the Democrat/NPL party today is a youth movement crafted to appeal to young voters whose politics are shaped more by internet memes and ranting comedians than the ideological trappings of the state’s progressive era.
Democrat Party Chairwoman Kylie Oversen Is No "Sensible Centrist"
It seems there’s an effort afoot to rebrand new North Dakota Democrat Chairwoman Kylie Oversen, who is also a state lawmaker from Grand Forks, into a moderate. Indeed, the Fargo Forum editorial board did as much today giving Oversen “prairie roses” for her election as chair, describing her as a “hard-working, sensible centrist.” That’s laughable, and…
Can North Dakota Democrats Win By Focusing On The Legislature?
Earlier this year I had a conversation with one of my Democrat friends, and he told me his party’s focus in the 2016 election cycle was going to be the Legislature. The newly-elected chairwoman of the North Dakota Democrats, state Rep. Kylie Oversen, also said recently in a Forum Communications profile that she intends to…
North Dakota Democrats More Interested In Making Points Than Laws
In my newspaper column a couple of weeks ago I opined that North Dakota Democrats seemed less interested in advancing their agenda in the state Legislature than they are in crafting political talking points. An excerpt: Democrats often gripe about the “Republican supermajority” in North Dakota, but here’s some truth about that talking point: Being…
From The Left: Welcome To The Big Time Representative Oversen
Earlier this month, the North Dakota Dem.-NPL part elected State Representative Kylie Oversen party Chair. Oversen, who serves a Grand Forks area district, is currently in her first term. When not serving in Bismarck, Oversen is a law student at UND and has previously worked at the UND Alumni Association and Foundation and is the…
Democrat Party Chair Sends Mommy After Big Bad Blogger
When I first wrote about Rep. Kylie Oversen getting voted in as the chair of the North Dakota Democrat Party I didn’t realize that the situation would turn into something of a feud, but it has. Last night Rep. Oversen responded to some of my comments about her lack of qualifications and experience on television,…