Repub falling in polls in state Dems had written off as a loss - South Dakota

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/new-poll-gop-candidate-losing-ground-south-dakota-senate-race

Rounds has long been favored to win the seat, which is currently held by Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson, who is retiring. Even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid publicly wrote the race off as a loss, refusing to endorse Weiland, and most previous polls had Rounds leading by double digits.

But Rounds’s support appears to have fallen amid the growing controversy over a foreign investor visa program known as EB-5, which expanded under his term as governor. Investigators flagged suspicious financial transactions in the program, and the Rounds official who oversaw the program was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound before he was called to testify in front of a state grand jury last year. 

Survey USA found that 56% of voters believe the former governor needs to say more about the EB-5 program, which gives green cards to foreign investors who sink at least $500,000 into economic development programs, provided that they create a certain number of U.S. jobs.

Both Pressler and Weiland have attacked Rounds over the EB-5 issue and his term as governor. Pressler is a former three-term Republican senator who lost the seat in 1996. He has since shifted to the left, having endorsed President Barack Obama, supported gay marriage, and defended the Affordable Care Act. 

[SheilaT]

1. Looks like the Dem and the Independent

are splitting the non Republican vote. Too bad. If one of them would drop out, the other would win.

[hadrons]

2. Too late for anyone to officially drop out

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[Liberal_in_LA]

3. dems going to spend $1 million on the race

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/1008/Democrats-plan-last-minute-ad-blitz-in-South-Dakota