John Adams, a reporter who covers the Montana Legislature, has an interesting entry today at his Lowdown blog. It may not sound like an interesting topic – open caucus meetings? zzzzz… – but it really is a fascinating look at Montana politics. The dirty little secret at the Capitol is that lawmakers from both...
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Lowdown
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The number of campaign ads on TV and radio in the 2012 election in Montana is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It’s just…massive. Inescapable. Most are just infuriating, abd many of them are laced with half-truths or deception, and I don’t know a single person who isn’t sick of the ads. Have they...
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Paper Push
Do any of these political mailers convince any of you to vote for or against any candidate(s)?
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Announcing The Announcement
Jack over at The Western Word has a quick summary of the current state of the 2012 gubernatorial race, including the news that Steve Bullock has joined the race – arguably the worst-kept secret in Montana politics this year. Politics aside – not a Democrat or Republican or Libertarian or Tea Party or Green...
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Election 2008
And so it ends. Election 2008 draws to a close today – barring any Florida ’02 scenarios. It has not been a normal election year in Montana, as our state has seen more attention lavished on it by candidates in search of our three electoral votes than in (?) any previous election. Conspicuous by...
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Esposito ’08
You know that it’s rare for me to address topics not directly related to Great Falls here…but amid all of the hoopla surrounding the McCain/Palin versus Obama/Biden presidential race, don’t forget that there are indeed other candidates. Here’s one to watch: Senator Brad Esposito. Obviously, he’s a long-shot candidate, but as Americans we owe...
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Buzz
Carol over at Missoulapolis has the best chuckle of the campaign, regarding the amount of media coverage and journalists and politicians criss-crossing our state in the run-up to today’s last-in-the-nation Democratic primary: At last – at last! Montanans get the worldwide attention and buzz they’ve craved! Why, maybe the kids won’t move to Seattle...
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Dem Rallies in Great Falls
I don’t know how many supporters the Obama team expected to attend this evening’s rally at the Four Seasons Arena, but I bet they were hoping for more than 2,400. Frankly, I expected to read that more people showed up, too. And on the other side of the Dem divide, former President Bill Clinton...
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