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      » Victory for Voting Rights: Mont. GOP Backs Off Plans to Challenge Mont. Voters
      09/10/08 20:01 from Daily Kos
      Yesterday the Republican Party of Montana announced that it was abandoning its plans to challenge the voting eligibility of at least 6,000 residents of that state-mostly in democratic strongholds-who had filed change-of-address cards with ..

      » I voted in Montana today!
      08/10/08 23:31 from Daily Kos
      but not for any of the crazies. Bob Kelleher http://www.bobkelleher2008.com/ , as many of you know, somehow won the Republican primary. I've met Bob Kelleher...I don't know Bob Kelleher. Bob Kelleher is not my friend. Bob Kelleher, sir, is..

      » Protect the Vote: A Big Win in Montana
      08/10/08 15:05 from Daily Kos
      In the most inept, most ridiculous attempt at voter suppression every perpetrated by Republicans, the good guys won . The Montana Republican party says they are withdrawing their challenge to almost 6,000 voter registrations.... The maneuv..

      » Protect the Vote: Backlash in Montana
      08/10/08 00:24 from Daily Kos
      I've been following Montana Republican Party's voter suppression efforts, and the response to it predicting yesterday that the effort was so inane, so ham-handed, that it could backfire. To put into perspective the scope of what the Republ..

      » Fighting Voter Fraud: Progressive Style (ACTION ITEM)
      07/10/08 20:15 from Daily Kos
      Today via TPM Muck Raker we learn more about the Montana State GOP's efforts to disenfranchise voters in Big Sky country.  It's the standard conservative hypocrisy.  Decry voter fraud while engaging in voter fraud (challenging le..

      » Protect the Vote: "Malicious and Stupid" Montana Republicans
      06/10/08 23:05 from Daily Kos
      Last week I posted on the Montana Republican party's efforts to disenfranchise 6,000 voters in six predominantly Democratic counties. More details, and reactions, have emerged over the weekend, including some of the people they have on the..

      » Protect the Vote: Dirty Tricks in Montana
      03/10/08 18:28 from Daily Kos
      With their gubenatorial candidate lagging far behind Montana Republicans are throwing their own version of a hail Mary, taken right out of the Karl Rove playbook. Yup, they're trying to take away the vote : The state Republican Party this ..

      » Montana: Indians, Students Targeted for Voter Suppression
      03/10/08 16:12 from Daily Kos
      Which, in a way, is good news.  It means Montana is still in play.  It means that the Republicans are feeling vulnerable, and playing desperate defense, even in the supposedly safe Republican stronghold of the Big Sky Country. &n..

      » New Montana Poll--Don't Count Us Out!
      03/10/08 15:00 from Daily Kos
      A new Ras poll shows McCain up just 8 points in Montana, with 3rd party candidates not included. This is a tightening from the previous poll, which had him up by 11.   With Ron Paul expected to pull 6-8%, Montana is not a given for Mc..

      » Crushing the GOP this weekend.
      03/10/08 13:42 from Daily Kos
      The first presidential debate is over, the vice-presidential debate is over, and the polls are indicating the McCain-Palin ticket is on the ropes. McCain knows it.  He just pulled out of Michigan, one of the only Kerry '04 states he w..

      » CAGING 2008: Vote Suppression Continues
      02/10/08 22:01 from Daily Kos
      TPM Muckraker posts on GOP challenges to 6000 likely-democratic voters in Montana. They are now challenging 6000 voters in 6 Democratic-leaning counties.   This is surely just the beginning of probably a lot of challenges.  Since..

      » Do or die week.
      02/10/08 13:33 from Daily Kos
      We are entering the final days -- between two and eight days -- of what could prove to be the most important period of the 2008 campaign.   The minutes are ticking away to make the most of our best chance of victory this fall. This we..

      » Bailout Bill Status
      30/09/08 19:12 from Government News for Montana
      From the Associated Press (AP): "In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, leaving both parties' lawmakers ..

      » MT-Pres: Obama's chances fade
      26/09/08 16:39 from Daily Kos
      Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/22-24. Likely voters. MoE 4.5% (No trend lines) McCain (R) 39 52 Obama (D) 52 39 This results is almost identical to Rasmussen's September 8th Montana poll , taken right after the GOP convention. It gave McCa..

      » EPA's Failure to Declare a Public Health Emergency in Libby, MT
      25/09/08 20:53 from Government News for Montana
      From the Missoulian : "Documents show officials with the Environmental Protection Agency prepared in April 2002 to declare a public health emergency over asbestos contamination in Libby, but changed their minds around the same time they met..

      » U.S. Economic Crisis Information
      25/09/08 16:54 from Government News for Montana
      From the Washington Post : "President Bush said yesterday that the credit crisis that has seized world markets could devastate the U.S. economy unless Congress acts quickly to approve a $700 billion bailout plan for the nation's financial s..

      » One Way In Which Obama is Like Dukakis
      23/09/08 01:36 from Daily Kos
      Christopher Hitchens wrote a hit piece comparing Obama to Dukakis today, and a diarist on here recently expressed frustration with the comparisons of Obama to Dukakis.  But there is one metric with which the similarities between Obama..

      » Georgia on my mind, and Helena and Juneau
      19/09/08 16:55 from Daily Kos
      The information on which states the McCain camp and the Obama camp are spending there advertising money is interesting in what it does not tell us as much as it is interesting in what it does tell us.  The lack of ads in Georgia and l..

      » Brian Schweitzer is basically the man
      18/09/08 20:04 from Daily Kos
      So, there I was, minding my own business, going about my day as a Master's student at Montana State University.  I was fiddling in the lab, trying to get something, ANYTHING, to work as it should, when the lab was filled with a boomin..

      » Cell Phones in Yellowstone
      17/09/08 19:35 from Government News for Montana
      From the Yellowstone National Park press release : "Yellowstone National Park has completed work on a plan which addresses the future of wireless communications in the park. "The Wireless Communication Services Plan Environmental Assessment..

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    • Tester vs. Burns for Montana Senate seat

      FOX NEWS should apologize to America for not giving it the truth!!!!! OUTFOXED part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9p_IbddaYo OUTFOXED part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnYRm1FPEc FOX NEWS should apologize to America!!!!! The number of bad things the reporter says about Conrad Burns is laughable. And then the reporter says that Burns is culturally in synch with Montanans. Are Montanans THAT...uh...shall we say obtuse to as not understand when they are offending someone and being quite...uh...un Christian shall we say? This may be the funniest video that is not intended to be funny. Everyone laughs at FOX News from time to time but this time it

      Author: joewo
      Keywords: Tester Burns Montana Senate
      Added: November 2, 2006

    • Brokeback Democrats

      A television ad airing today in the state of Montana that questions the nature of Jon Tester. Titled, "Brokeback Democrats," the ad being aired by the Free Enterprise Fund Committee is a parody of the highly controversial film "Brokeback Mountain," which won three Oscars at the year's Academy Awards.

      Author: tschorle
      Keywords: Jon Tester politics 527 advertisment Montana Conrad Burns Brokeback Mountain Taxes
      Added: October 25, 2006

    • Heads Up!

      What kind of legislature do we need?

      Author: leftinthewest
      Keywords: Montana legislaature election
      Added: October 25, 2006

    • John Tester is a Taxer

      The Free Enterprise Fund Committee has launched a new television advertisement this week against Montana's tax-hiking liberal Senate candidate Jon Tester. The ad will run in Montana television markets and will be broadcast on all television stations.

      Author: tschorle
      Keywords: Montana Politics advertisment tax 527 John Tester Conrad Burns
      Added: October 10, 2006

    • Raise Montana

      The TV ad for Raise Montana -- the effort to raise the minimum wage in Montana.

      Author: leftinthewest
      Keywords: minimum-wage montana election 2006
      Added: October 6, 2006

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Comment by Matt Singer
2006-08-23 12:38:09

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2006-08-23 12:39:40

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