A national left wing group that’s backing Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s re-election campaign against Congressman Kevin Cramer caught a humorous error in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Twitter feed: Not even Ryan Zinke knows who @kevincramer is. Ouch #ndsen pic.twitter.com/C0tdKQJD2L — American Bridge (@American_Bridge) May 22, 2018 That’s Doug Burgum in the picture, but the other North…
The NDGOP’s Keynote Speaker Is…Ryan Zinke?
There was sure a lot of build up in expectations over who the North Dakota Republican Party might book as the keynote speaker for their state convention this weekend. They’d been sitting on the announcement for a while, but this afternoon they announced that the big headliner will be the, uh, Secretary of the Interior.…
Senator Heitkamp Played Politics and Ended up Giving Obama a Big Win for His Environmental Legacy
How has Senator Heidi Heitkamp managed to be the only Democrat elected on North Dakota’s statewide ballot since 2008? She invests a lot of time and energy posturing herself as a moderate who frequently dissents against the liberal orthodoxy of her fellow Democrats. A the policy area where she most often does this is energy,…
Montana Republican Body Slamming a Journalist Is Perhaps Why Early Voting Is Stupid
How many people in Montana would like to change their votes right about now? It’s a question worth asking. Last night, just hours before polls opened for a special election day in the race to replace former Congressman Ryan Zinke (now Trump’s Secretary of the Interior), Republican candidate Greg Gianforte body slammed a reporter from the…