News of Sen. Tim Johnson's emergency brain surgery rocked an otherwise politically quiet Washington this week. But his fellow South Dakotans saw it as the latest in a remarkable series of political twists that seem far out of proportion to the state's tiny populace. -
In S. Dakota, a History Of Political Turbulence
News of Sen. Tim Johnson's emergency brain surgery rocked an otherwise politically quiet Washington this week. But his fellow South Dakotans saw it as the latest in a remarkable series of political twists that seem far out of proportion to the state's tiny populace.-
By Chris Cillizza and Charles Babington