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Jon Tester

I like the way that Senator Tester thinks:
As chiefs for the nation’s top automakers made a second appeal to lawmakers Tuesday for $25 billion in federal help, their plans included an element first suggested by Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester last month: Slash chief executive pay to a buck a year. [...]

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Darcy Burner, Democratic candidate for Washington’s 8th district seat, has a new ad featuring our very own Jon Tester.

Tester should really be commended for his willingness to stick his neck* out to get fellow Dems into office - I wish others would follow his lead.
* I’m not sure that this ad qualifies as ’sticking his [...]

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While it was certainly gratifying to hear so many Montana political leaders talk about how proud they are to be Democrats last night, it was interesting to see how many of them minimized their party affiliation on their campaign signs. There were an awful lot of tiny donkeys and tiny font sizes on the banners [...]

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I’m very pleased to see that Senators Baucus and Tester will vote against the confirmation of Judge Michael Mukasey as the next Attorney General. his refusal to directly answer a question with an obvious answer: that water boarding is torture and the United States should not do it, makes him unqualified to serve as the [...]

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I’ll fully admit there have been a few stories post-election concerning Senator-Elect Tester that I grumbled about but I certainly think that he is setting the right tone after the election.  While Burns is joining his fellow Republicans in doing nothing during their last few weeks as the do-nothing Congress, Tester is touring the state [...]

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