Congressional Candidates Reveal Their Finances

The federal candidates released their fundraising numbers today.

The House Race:

Kim Gillan (Billings) retains the lead over Diane Smith (Whitefish) and Franke Wilmer (Bozeman), with more cash in the bank. (cash balances: Gillan $100K, Smith $75K, Wilmer $54K).   …

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Muppets Respond to FoxNews “Brain-Washing Kids” Accusation

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy hit back at Fox News this week during a press conference following the London Premiere of the latest muppet movie. Recall that Fox News had publicly criticized the film for supposedly pushing a ‘dangerous

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Polling Quick Hits

Damage Control

Public Policy Polling came out with a poll a while back that had Tester and Rehberg in a statistical dead heat.  Then, the Republican political front group known as the Montana Chamber of Commerce came out with a …

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Further Thoughts about the Jesus Hearing

Many commenters weighed in on my discussion yesterday about Denny Rehberg’s play to get maximum publicity on his idiotic obsession with a Jesus statue. A robust discussion, as always.

A few commenters hit on what I believe are the most …

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Tea Party Congressman to Hold Hearing on the Fate of Jesus

Rehberg loves Big Mountain JesusWho says Congress doesn’t work on issues that matter to Americans during tough economic times?

Montana congressman Denny Rehberg, co-founder of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus and Michelle Bachmann’s earliest endorser, has announced that he will hold a hearing this …

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Dumb and Dumber

If you want to know why the Montana Republican Empire has been on a sure and steady decline in the last several years, all you need to do is see a few of the GOP’s leading legislators in action, trying …

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Truth v. Lies: Economic Facts About Montana

(A 2012 Montana election primer for Democrats)

A while back I posted some talking points for Democrats. A few commenters asked for some elaboration.  These points are very important for candidates and citizens alike, and I will reiterate them …

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Congressman Rehberg: Clueless or Lying?

KXLH News is reporting this week on the issue of corruption and the need for accountability and transparency in Montana election laws. Tester supports it, Rehberg does not.

Here’s the video:

You can see that Rehberg either doesn’t understand the …

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So Mutch for That

Ken Miller’s campaign manager has resigned, raising questions about the future of his campaign.

William Mutch has taken a job with the Colorado Springs Home Builders Association as Government Affairs Director.   If the former manager had left for a more exciting-sounding …

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Rehberg Twitter Account Hacked with Hilarious Results

Yes, someone pretending to be Congressman Rehberg appears to have hacked into his Twitter account to make it appear as if the Congressman is seriously asking the President to reverse his “purely political” opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline.  I …

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TEA Party Republicans Target Key Bigot Voting Block

The level of stupid among TEA Party Republican candidates running for office this cycle is certainly astounding. We have seen this before in legislative races, but for some reason the GOP primary for the Governor has attracted some of the …

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On Jon Sonju and Federal Earmarks

Craig Moore, a conservative blogger, pointed out a few days ago that Tester and Baucus and Rehberg all support earmarks such as the funds that Jon Sonju’s company receives.

So do I. While I’m not familiar with the Sonju earmark …

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Today’s Must Read Political Blog Post

…is up over at the Flathead Memo.  Thoughts?

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