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 Last night I attended the 4th of July (observed) celebration and picnic for the Bismarck Democrats. All of the Democratic-NPL legislative candidates from the area gave short (30 second) speeches, and we also heard from Rep. Earl Pomeroy and Sen. Kent Conrad (pictured.)
Among other interesting points, Senator Conrad mentioned that polling was done in North Dakota a little less than 2 weeks ago, and Senator Barack Obama leads John McAngry in North Dakota by 1 point. Though I'm not a big fan of polls, I still think that's huge. I wouldn't say it's indicative of what will happen in November, and I won't say that I think Obama is going to win North Dakota, but I think it's a miracle that a Democratic presidential candidate is even in the running in North Dakota. I'll have internet access (I think) but don't know how much blogging I'm going to be doing over the long weekend. I'll be spending the weekend with family (father, spouse, 3 sisters, 2 brothers-in-law and 8 assorted kids between 2 months and 11 years). Fireworks, lake, boats, good food and western North Dakota sunsets. I've got a couple things I'm working on but doubt I'll get around to posting them until next week. We'll see. Some of what I've been looking at lately is stuff I don't think most of you would be interested in, but I need to think about that. [Wonk alert!] Stay tuned. I hope you all have a great weekend. Remember: America can be respected around the world again. North Dakota's government can be worthy of respect again. We just need to make some major leadership changes.
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