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Tag Archives: Montana Senate 2012
MT Senate 2012: The Boat Crash Revisited
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip…aboard this tiny ship. -Gilligan’s Island theme song
Maybe. Maybe not.
Back in January 2011, I wrote a column titled, “Final Word: The Boat Crash” regarding the 2009 boat crash involving U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, former state Sen. Greg Barkus and three others.
The issue won’t go away. It will continue to be a topic of discussion anytime Denny Rehberg runs for public office – along with many of his other missteps during his political career. Continue reading
MT Senate 2012: J-e-t-s, Jets, Jets, JETS
Readers may remember that I’ve written about the battle between U.S. Senator Jon Tester and Congressman Denny Rehberg over who can best sustain the military missions in Montana’s only military town, Great Falls, for the next six years.
Several times I have called Great Falls and the county it’s in (Cascade) the battleground in the U.S. Senate race.
Denny Rehberg brought Senator (and former Presidential candidate) John McCain to town. Jon Tester brought Senator (and former Navy Secretary) Jim Webb to town. Both are Vietnam veterans. There may be others who paid a visit – I don’t get out of my bunker much these days with all the drones flying around… Continue reading
MT Senate Debate 2012: It Got Personal
Although it was held during Monday Night Football, I enjoyed the debate between U.S. Senator Jon Tester and his challenger, Congressman Denny Rehberg. Both candidates made it interesting from the start and the hour went by quickly. Plus, it got personal.
This morning both candidates are feeling they won, and there are things they can take away from the debate that are positive. As for the people who watched the debate – we basically saw an hour-long replay of the negative television ads that are running across the state – except we saw the candidates giving the responses instead of just saying, “and I approved this message.”
We heard about trips abroad, a lawsuit against the city of Billings, voting with Obama 95% of the time, supporting the stimulus, lobbyists, not supporting the stimulus, etc.
Monday Morning Politics
Welcome to Monday and Monday Morning Politics! Happy Columbus Day, too!
Monday Morning Politics is brought to you by number 29 today – there are just 29 days until General Election Day (Nov. 6) and this week absentee ballots are being mailed here in Montana. Oh my…
Today I take a look at debate Monday, Firefighters, an Avalanche of Articles, the Monument Issue, a Personal View, and The Message. There’s more so read on…
U.S. Senate 2012 (MT): The Polls
In case you missed it, a new Rasmussen Reports poll was released yesterday showing current Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate Denny Rehberg with a 47-43 lead over incumbent Senator Jon Tester in the Montana Senate race. It received little attention in the media and was mentioned just a few times on Twitter.
According to this chart on the Real Clear Politics website, Rehberg has been leading in the last 9 out of 11 polls.
As we head into “crunch time” for the November elections, Team Rehberg has to be pleased. As for Team Tester it is not panic time, but with 9 out of the last 11 polls showing him trailing, he just might start cranking up his campaign a notch or two or he may be a “one and done” senator.
U.S. Senate 2012 (MT): New Ads – “Lost” & “Fighting Swipe Fees”
At my house when a political ad comes on the television that is negative toward U.S. Senator Jon Tester or his opponent Congressman Denny Rehberg the first one in my family to shout, “Shut the front door” wins. I don’t exactly know what the winner receives, but since I am winning this little contest I think the prize will probably be really nice. Honestly, I mostly play the game by myself but my wife is starting to play along, although somewhat reluctantly. The kids just think I’m weird – but just wait until they see the grand prize…
Today I take a look at a couple of political ads that are pretty good – good enough to catch my attention and make me want to share them with my readers. The Rehberg campaign has a new ad called “Lost” and the Montana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association has a “Fighting Swipe Fees” ad running in the state which takes on Senator Jon Tester.
Enjoy my analysis of the ads and don’t forget to shout, “SHUT THE FRONT DOOR” when you hear a negative ad which will add a little humor to this thing called politics (it’s a long way to November)… Continue reading
Thursday Numbers
Happy Thursday! If this is your first time visiting The Western Word (TWW), “Thursday Numbers” is my weekly column where I take a look at the numbers mentioned in the news (in descending order) and provide commentary (sometimes with a little sarcasm).
NOTICE: By reading this column you will probably gain a great deal of knowledge not found on other websites! You can use this information to impress your family, friends and co-workers, and it might even be life changing – so consider yourself warned…
This week I write about Powerball, welfare, unemployment, texting, bison, Boehner in Billings, TSA, Gillian Anderson, heat, dogs rule, pay raises, and gold medals. There’s a lot more so read on…
U.S. Senate (MT) 2012: Seniors & Social Security
It’s a tried and true method in political campaigns – scare senior citizens into believing that their benefits are going to be reduced or taken away and that your opponent is the horrible dude who will lead the way in gutting those benefits if he/she is elected. For good measure, throw in the word “privatization” and senior citizens will spring out of their comfy chairs to get to the polls like an Olympic diver in the three meter springboard competition. Continue reading
U.S. Senate 2012 (MT): Campaign Ads
If you watch much television in Montana, you know that the ad wars are heating up between the campaigns for Senator Jon Tester and his challenger, Congressman Denny Rehberg, and the groups that support them. We’re not even into September yet where we’ll see the bulk of the campaign ads begin. Montana is not a battleground state so we may not see many Obama/Romney ads this fall – but we”ll see hundreds of other ads!
Today I take a look at a new ad that I found interesting, and I also take one more look (at least) at the debate between Tester and Rehberg over cancer funding. I also tell you who is winning that battle. Enjoy.
