On this episode of Plain Talk, Senator Kevin Cramer takes listener questions (he’s on every week, email your questions any time to rob@sayanythingblog.com). In response to several questions about it, the Senator says he’s co-sponsoring legislation introduced by Texas Senator Ted Cruz which would use some of the money seized from notorious drug lord “El…
Trump to Sign Funding Ban for Universities Hosting Chinese Institute Once Touted at North Dakota Universities
Back in 2010 the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education approved requests from Dickinson State University and North Dakota State to create Confucius Institutes on their campuses. In 2012 the folks at DSU, mired in a horrendous diploma mill scandal, announced they were ending the program. It doesn’t seem as though a similar program…
Ted Cruz Campaign Feeling Out Another Visit To North Dakota
The Republican presidential race may end up paying another visit to North Dakota. Rumors are flying in political circles that Ted Cruz and/or Donald Trump may be paying a visit to the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference set to take place in late May in Bismarck. The event is put on by the North Dakota Petroleum…
Audio: Kevin Cramer Says He Endorsed Donald Trump Because Ted Cruz Opposes The Farm Bill/Sugar Program
North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer made waves at the NDGOP convention over the weekend by endorsing polarizing presidential candidate Donald Trump. In my column about the endorsement I suggested that Cramer was maybe trolling us, endorsing in part Trump because his Democrat challenger in the House blasted him on it. Part of my case for…
Republican Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz To Speak At NDGOP Convention
Mike Nowatzki breaks the news on Twitter: Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz will speak at @NDGOP state convention Saturday in Fargo. Confirmed it with Exec. Dir. Roz Leighton. #Ndpol — Mike Nowatzki (@mikenowatzki) March 29, 2016 Cruz will apparently speak at 1pm on Saturday. Trump surrogate Ben Carson is scheduled to speak the next day on…
James Kerian: The Case For Ted Cruz
It has been recently reported that the the North Dakota Republican convention this coming weekend will feature a more intense than usual contest for who will serve as North Dakota’s delegates to the Republican National Convention. It is expected that there will be a slate of would-be national convention delegates publicly supporting Donald Trump and a slate…
Ted Cruz Campaign Making A Play For North Dakota's Unbound National Delegates
The North Dakota Republican Party’s state convention takes place this coming weekend in Fargo (the Democrats are holding theirs simultaneously in Bismarck), and it seems that at least one of candidates seeking the national GOP’s nomination for president is making a play for the state’s national delegates. Unlike other states, North Dakota’s Republicans did not…
Trump Surrogate Ben Carson To Speak At NDGOP Convention
Yesterday Mike Nowatzki had an article suggesting that there will be two high-profile keynote speakers at the North Dakota Republican Party’s state convention next month. Today I can report that one of those speakers will be former national candidate Ben Carson. Carson dropped out of the national GOP’s presidential nomination race earlier this month and has…
Matt Evans: The Qualities Needed To Be An Effective President
When engaging in the national pastime of arguing about politics, Americans often like to claim that any candidate (besides the one they support, of course) is not qualified for the job of President of The United States. Usually, such petitioners don’t actually explain what they think the qualifications are, so it’s difficult to have a…
Donald Trump Wins North Dakota Straw Poll
North Dakota’s Republicans didn’t hold a primary or a caucus this election cycle for reasons that are a little difficult to fathom. Some in the state party argue that it’s better for our states delegates, selected at the NDGOP’s statewide convention, to participate in the national convention without being bound by a vote to any…