In a primary season with few conclusive results so far, the latest ground breaking news in the  Republican gubernatorial primary settled a couple things: Laurel furniture salesman Ken Miller appears to be the Republican front-runner, while the dry-cleaning guy, the insurance executive, the terrorism consultant, and the childhood addict lag behind.

While other candidates showed potential early on, they have failed to keep the attention of Montanans like Ken Miller, who has recently released the big news that he will be employing campaign technology that is only a decade old. This is exciting stuff.  Apparently it isn’t too hard to receive the text messages either, as it only takes a few paragraphs to explain how this is done.

Plus, as Miller explains in a press release, the technology is being brought to us by actual real life entrepreneurs.  (Not sure why these guys are different than other campaign consultants, but Miller thought it worth mentioning so it must be so.)

High tech advancements have been a major factor in GOP races this cycle from the beginning.  There was Jeff  Essmann’s announcement by conference call–where 13-or-14 planted Essmann supporters were able to ask questions without even being hung up on.  It is really a shame that no press were able to attend the call because it took place at like 9pm or something.

Then we had the slick 1990′s video effects that were featured in the Derek Skees campaign video, which for some reason has been removed from the internet.  And who could forget Rick Hill’s innovative use of Wikipedia to generate earned media statewide.  Livingstone’s campaign consultants are rumored to be trolling for bloggers to cover the primary from a Livingstone perspective, so we’ll surely see more excitement in the future. Ken Miller’s press release is pasted below the fold.

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