It’s good to see a bit of veneer rubbing off of Erik Iverson’s big, happy convention.
Finally, if Iverson truly wanted “diversity” and understanding, why did he physically segregate us from them, both on the microphone and on the ballot? What can we say? Who feels like giving their time and money to these […]
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Apparently yesterday’s Heller v. DC ruling convinced Sen. Joe Balyeat that all gun laws were moot given that he tried to bring one in a soft-sided case packed in a cooler. In addition to the illegally packed gun and the classy luggage choice (step aside Vuitton, hello Coleman), Balyeat was also asked to relinquish […]
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Roy Brown’s call for 18 debates between himself and Gov. Schweitzer yesterday is likely the most ridiculous pander of the campaign cycle. Brown may not have a lot of responsibilities, but I don’t think a whole lot of Montanans want their governor spending the next 5 1/2 months traveling to debate after debate. […]
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Apparently Macaca, Michael Lange, and other death by videotape moments had the Montana GOP too nervous to honor Montana’s open meetings law last weekend. As many have said, the convention had a quorum of the party’s legislators in the room, and they were discussing public policy. In my non-legal educated opinion, that sounds […]
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Denny doesn’t get much done in Washington, but he sure likes spending our money on his reelection efforts.
For a guy who regularly campaigns on his fiscally conservative nature, undermining your talk by rubber stamping your way to record deficits is one thing–but abusing taxpayer funded resources provided to Congress is something entirely different. […]
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It’s great to see the Montana GOP build their state convention around a candidate that ran an insurgent campaign against nearly everything they stand for… But now that Mitt’s gone and McCain can’t even rouse the dead-enders who still support President Bush, they’ve got to let someone step in to pull a few people into […]
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Some local bloggers have been covering the issue of “payday lending” and associated businesses in the last few days, and to no surprise, it’s an issue that strikes a chord with many. Rep. John Parker tried to do something about it during the last legislative session, but the House Business and Labor Committee […]
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The Missoulian had a good write up today on the Poverello Center’s plans for a drop in center for clients under the influence of alcohol. In addition to simply being a “tank” where a person who has become a public nuisance due to alcohol and be brought to sober up, the center will provide […]
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This is out of left field… According to the Washington Post, Sen. Baucus’ chief of staff Jim Messina is leaving to take the same role with the Barack Obama campaign out of Chicago. It’s no secret in Democratic circles that Messina’s good at what he does (so this move isn’t a surprise in […]
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Roy Brown criticizes Gov. Schweitzer today over the deferral of gas and oil leases on 800 acres of Rocky Mountain Front land, somehow trying to equate the move with the nation’s skyrocketing fuel prices. By this logic, wouldn’t the roughly four and a half billion barrels of oil estimated to be readily retrieved in […]
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