[Clintonfatigued]

North Dakota is solidly Republican in the abstract. At the same time, voters there put a much higher premium of the candidates as individuals people than is the case elsewhere. Therefore, Democrats can definitely win if the Republican candidate makes a bad impression. Political historians will recall not only the unseating of Mark Andrews in 1986, but the landslide defeat of Congressman Tom Kleppe when he ran for the U.S. Senate back in 1970.

I know very little about any of the candidates running. North Dakota Freepers would be extremely helpful if they learned all they could about the candidates and gave us their input.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

I don't think it will be competitive. Kalk is a much more visible public figure, a Marine Corps veteran of Desert Storm, and pretty well vetted. He's reasonably conservative by North Dakota standards and should do well in Washington.

BTW, we just passed Alaska as the second highest oil producer. Woot!

[Last Dakotan]

I’ll bet if you stood outside of a shopping mall in Fargo and ask, only 2 in 10 would know who Pam Gulleson is.

[Impy]

1 reason I didn’t want Berg to run was to not open up the House seat again and maybe give them an opening. But it’s not like Kalk or Cramer aren’t first tier opponents. I’m not too worried.

Gulleson will have to contend with the top of ticket getting maybe 40% tops (Obama) and 45% tops (Heitkamp).

[Lancey Howard]

“This is still a conservative state, but she’s on the right path,” The Post wrote.

Who but a scumbag Democrat could write that line?
This single sentence, and especially the words "still" and "but", say all you need to know about the author and the newspaper, and I'm positive they would read this very post and not have a clue what I'm talking about.