Scathing editorial in the Fargo Forum this morning about the ND GOP's power-happy move to lower the bar so any hack can run for the office of North Dakota's Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Here's the Forum: Dr. Wayne Sanstead, a Democrat, has held the job since 1984. Republicans have tried again and again to unseat him, sometimes with very good candidates, such as Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks. But the voters overwhelmingly returned Sanstead to office. Apparently Republicans decided that if they can’t beat him at the polls with a qualified candidate, they would have to find a way to beat him with an unqualified candidate. And that’s what the party-line approval of the legislation was all about.“Not restrict the field of possible office holders,” said bill sponsor Rep. Duane DeKrey, R-Pettibone. Nice try. The bill is the worst kind of special interest legislation because it’s singularly driven by a political agenda. It’s no secret that House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Raeann Kelsch, R-Mandan, wants Sanstead’s job. It’s safe to conclude her work as manager for a cell phone company has not afforded her many (any?) hours in a public school classroom.North Dakotans want their agriculture commissioner to be a farmer. They insist by law that their judges and attorney general be lawyers. The state health officer is a doctor. It’s common sense that the state’s top public education official should include on his/her resume a current teaching credential.Fargo Forum (http://www.in-forum.com/Opinion/articles/160364) [emphasis added]Here's me, trying to see if I can dig something from the deep recesses of what's left of my college memories. It's something I thought I learned in my Logic 101 class at UND:None of the candidates Republicans can use to beat Dr. Sanstead are qualified.One of the candidates Republicans intend to use to try to beat Dr. Sanstead is Raeann Kelsch.Conclusion: Raeann Kelsch is unqualified Did I get that right, Professor Messenger? | save this article / add to your favorites list