The contest between veteran Republican Senator Larry Pressler and his Democratic challenger Rep. Tim Johnson features what most people would define as everything good and everything bad about politics today. The candidates present voters with clear cut ideological choices on issues from taxes...Pressler is solidly in favor of "smaller government"...to the Farm Bill (Senator Pressler is highly in favor of the changes that were made in the Farm Bill, while Rep. Johnson has been less enthusiastic). Both candidates have held serious issue debates, even as they lob harshly negative ads at one another. NPR's Brian Naylor traveled to South Dakota and filed this report.
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