Montana Politics

One of These Paragraphs Is Not Like the Other; Bob Fanning Offers a “Realistic Plan”

May 6, 2012

I loved the Great Falls Tribune profile of gubernatorial candidates Bob Fanning in its entirety, but these two paragraphs were clearly the best: "I am the only candidate who has a realistic, workable plan which will lead Montana to rapid economic progress and independence from the federal funds which have put Montana out of business." [...]

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Who Watches the Watchdog?

May 4, 2012

When the Montana Watchdog came on the scene in the past year or so, it seemed like a relatively harmless, right-wing “news” organization which covered the news from a clearly defined conservatively biased viewpoint. For the most part, its writing was honest (if selective in its focus) and it even broke some interesting stories. That [...]

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Efficacy in Educational Innovation

May 3, 2012

“Innovation” and “schools” go together like “Cozy” and “house for sale” – they sound great together, and sometimes can be good news – like a well-designed, cutting edge curriculum, or an actually cozy house – but more often are used euphemistically. I don’t know how Sandy Welch, Republican candidate for superintendent of schools, is using [...]

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Bullock, Hill Tied; Other Republican Candidates Entirely Unknown

May 3, 2012

PPP just published a Montana poll which shows Steve Bullock and Rick Hill tied in a November matchup at 39-39. Despite the tie, Bullock is both better liked and known that Representative Hill: Bullock is more popular than Hill. 34% of voters have a positive opinion of him to 21% with a negative one. Hill’s [...]

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Republican Secretary of State Candidates Oppose Voting

May 2, 2012

Three of the four Republican candidates for Secretary of State would like to restrict voting rights in the state of Montana by eliminating the same-day registration that has seen thousands of Montanans legally exercising their right to vote in elections since 2006. According to a story by Charles Johnson, candidates Scott Aspenlieder, Brad Johnson, and [...]

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Tester leads Rehberg in latest poll

May 1, 2012

For months, Erik Iverson, campaign manger for Denny Rehberg has touted three polls showing Rehberg with a small two point lead in the U.S. Senate race.  Obviously, two points isn’t much to brag about – it’s inside the margin of error and doesn’t even factor in the two Libertarians now running for Senate. It’ll be [...]

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GOP Race for Governor Gets Ugly

April 30, 2012

It’s pretty clear that none of the second tier candidates (read all but Rick Hill) has much of a chance in the GOP primary for governor, but it seems that little chance of winning hasn’t stopped at least one of them from going negative against the frontrunner. Witness this subtle attack ad against Rick Hill, [...]

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Post Office Lied About Butte Closure, Excellent Reporting in the MT Standard

April 29, 2012

Huge kudos to the Montana Standard for uncovering a Post Office document “through other means”–a document which reveals that the Postal Service lied to the people of Butte about the impact of closing the Butte mail processing center. Specifically, while the Post Office claimed the closure would only cost 6-7 jobs, their own documents revealed [...]

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