Janklow support erodes

[CMT]

US Rep. Bill Janklow (R-SD) standing with voters continues to slide as his leagal difficulites from a fatal traffic accident drag on.

*29% of those polled said they now have a favorable impression of Janklow, compared to 37% following the accident and more than 50% before last years election.

* 38% said he should resign immediately from congress, compared with only 23% in August.

* 64% said he should resign if found guilty of felony manslaughter compared to 50% in the previous poll.

* Only 7% think he should run for re-election.

Janklow is finished. This could be a prime democratic pick up seat in 2004 or sooner.

http://www.mason-dixon.com/news_text.cfm?news_id=169

[helleborient]

1. Very good news!

Thanks for posting!

[maxanne]

2. I hope you're right, CMT

but Janklow has yet to actually pay for any one of his crimes. He never paid the price for being a rapist - and how interesting that the victim (and her mother) were both murdered. Janklow has friends in very high places.

[CMT]

3. I hadn't heard about this

sounds like a very seedy character. I hope he gets his comuppance.

[BringEmOn]

4. Janklow Driving School

[DakotaDemocrat]

5. Stephanie Herseth

Going to see Stephanie Herseth tonight at our local Democratic Party function. They moved it from a small lunch room to a larger restaurant because she is coming. She certainly energizes our base.

I don't know if she has announced or not...Its amazing how fast 2 years goes by...

[goobergunch]

6. I don't know if she has announced officially, but she has said

that she will run.

[CMT]

8. good she would be our strongest candidate

given how close she came to Janklow in '02--and he was the sitting Governor in a GOP state.

[no name no slogan]

7. Justice for Janklow

He's sped through that same stop sign numerous times before-- others are finally not afraid to confront him on this, now that he's killed somebody.

I think this time he's going down. He may be feared/respected in S.D., but this accident has shown that he's still human and vulnerable to justice.

[jiacinto]

9. Thune will run for this seat if he's smart

Faced with the choice of a bruising race against Daschle, in which he would start out at best as an even favorite, and a race for this open seat, Thune would be better off picking the latter. He would win it back easily and then run against Johnson again in '08.

[NewJerseyDem]

10. Thune probably won't run for senate

This is a paragraph from an somewhat unrelated story from The Hill. I guess they have been told that Thune probably won't run for senate. However, it makes no mention of the House race.

http://www.thehill.com/news/111903/reid.aspx

With former Rep. John Thune (R-S.D.), who lost to Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) last year, apparently deciding not to challenge Daschle, both he and Reid are expected to win reelection. Reid got a break when Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-Nev.) decided not to challenge him.

[jiacinto]

11. He will probably run for his old seat

and then gear up to run against Johnson in 2008.