Nevada's David Yepsen, Jon Ralston, takes on Iowa's David Tepsen, David Yepsen, in response to Yepsen's column blasting NV as a place of brothels, prostitutes and casinos. Writes Ralston: "Good advice. The Democrats should keep a system that has worked so well for them and produced Presidents Dukakis, Gore and Kerry. The notion that the Iowa-New Hampshire nexus is some hallowed tradition that should not be trifled with is as evanescent as the ones Tevye saw dissolve as the fiddler played." Also: "Yes, Nevada will have a difficult challenge matching the real-world atmosphere of Iowa : Just this week, two stories on Mr. Yepsen's newspaper's Web site were about a man whose dentures were stolen while he was taking a shower and how syphilis is on the rise in Iowa. I surely hope no hookers were involved, Mr. Yepsen. To be safe, I am sure they are testing the sheep."
Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-IA) said IA was joining ME and VT in a drug purchasing pool. The state hopes the "Sovereign States Drug Consortium" will save at least $11M.
Everyone -- and we mean almost everyone -- will be in SC this weekend. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) gets to spend five days chillin', being the host of the NGA meeting and all. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) and Gov. George Pataki (R-NY) are also in Charleston this weekend. All three have numerous political events.
Honestly -- never have we seen a CAGW (Citizens Against Government Waste) endorsement greeted with as much unabashed enthusiasm.
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