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Politics 2012: When Tuesday is Monday!

Happy Tuesday!  It will seem like Monday all day – but at least it is a short week for most of you…

I hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend and paused to think about those military men and women who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.  My flag was flying proudly!  It’s kind of sad, but Memorial Day during an election year is when the elected officials and the candidates pretend they really care about Veterans.  Since that day is past, most will forget about us until they next election cycle in two years.

Today I write about The Western Word poll results, point/counterpoint, a mistake in the Political Notebook, beating Daines, endorsements, Watchdogs, jockeying, Romney & Veterans, Romney and Mormonism, and much more!

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Politics 2012: Analysis of the Senate & House Polls

Tuesday was a big day for political junkies like me.  Readers may remember that on April 27, I mentioned in the “Caught My Eye” column that I had taken part in a poll from Public Policy Polling (PPP) about several political races in Montana.  Since that PPP poll, there have been at least two other polling firms call my home – it’s getting busy in the polling world!

Tuesday afternoon PPP released the results for the U.S. Senate and the Montana At-Large U.S. House races and although others may give their thoughts about the results, The Western Word will give you the truly independent analysis that you deserve and won’t find anywhere else!

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Thursday Numbers

Welcome to Thursday Numbers and to my female readers, I wish you happy International Women’s Day!  If you are new to The Western Word, Thursday Numbers is where I take a look at the numbers in the news and provide commentary with them.

Notice:  After reading this column, watch out!  You just might find yourself armed with more knowledge – knowledge that you can use to impress your family, friends and co-workers!  It might just change your life.  Consider yourself warned…

This week I write about Kony 2012, social media comments, unemployment, the cost of defense, a special McNugget, delegate count, on the Montana ballot, losing personnel, losing advertisers, K Street lobbyists, five governors, veterans, and much more!

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Monday Morning Politics

Happy Monday faithful readers and welcome to another edition of Monday Morning Politics!  This column is where I take a look at some of the political news from the past weekend and put it in one place for all to see.  Psst…sometimes I add my commentary!

Today I take a look at several Cebull stories, wackiness from a legislator, a complaint, the U.S. House race, a shocking discovery about Tester and Obama, a deadline, Super Tuesday, ultra rich, National Parks, Veterans health care and much more!!!

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One Good Thing

The one and only thing that was good about yesterday’s vote in the U.S. House on the debt limit was that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., made a surprise showing in the House chamber to cast her vote.  Giffords had been absent from the House since January after being shot in the head.  Thank God she is well enough to return to the House.

That was the one good thing.

The bill, the final product, those in leadership working on the bill, and most of the elected folks in the House, the Senate, and the White House have all terribly disappointed most of the citizens in this country the last few weeks.  That disappointment reached the zenith yesterday evening and will continue today with the senate vote.  Continue reading →

Monday Morning Politics

Here we are in late July and the temperature is rising – and the political news is flowing like a sprinkler on a hot summer day. This week we take a look at a visit to the land of Clinton, gas prices, tiger costumes, the debt ceiling, more candidates, fellows and lots more!

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Montana House 2012: Lining Up

If you are losing count of the number of folks who are lining up to run for Montana’s open House seat in 2012, you are not alone.

It looks like there are five now after State Sen. Kim Gillan of Billings announced that she was running on Tuesday. She joins Democrats State Rep. Franke Wilmer of Bozeman and Dave Strohmaier of Missoula.

On the Republican side, we have 402nd  generation Montanan Steve Daines (just joking, I think Daines claims he is only a 5th generation Montanan).  Folks are now saying they think Daines will stick to the U.S. House race (he was running for U.S. Senate).  And we have the GOP candidate that nobody wants to be associated with, John Abarr, who reports say once worked as a Ku Klux Klan organizer and is auditing the nights (or knights) at local hotel in Great Falls (sorry, that was a night auditor and not auditor of the nights or knights). Continue reading →

Montana Politics 2012: New Polls!

The Flint Report has new polling numbers up on his website regarding Montana’s 2012 U.S. Senate race, the 2012 U.S. House race, and the 2012 Governor’s race.

Click HERE for all the information then come back for my analysis.

Polls are always interesting to read and examine. As you probably read, the poll was conducted on 400 “likely” Montana voters. The margin of error is +/- 4.65%.

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