The Daily Interlake ran an editorial today about Montana’s two Senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester, dodging constituents. You can read it HERE. Gregg over at the Electric City Weblog gave his comments. You can read them HERE.

The Interlake editorial started with this line, “It appears Montana’s two senators have joined a national trend in Democrats avoiding wide-open town hall meetings in recent months.”

They ended their editorial with this line, “Tester is not up for election for two years and Baucus not for four, but someday they will probably have to face the heat from their critics in Montana. They can’t lie low forever.”

Hopefully other major daily newspapers in Montana will take notice of our senators being too chicken to meet constituents.

Like the Interlake, I also received Jon Tester’s e-mail about his travels around the state. It’s nice that he can play Taps at Veterans cemeteries. He also told us he held a couple of meetings. It appears these meetings were “controlled” and only for invited guests which has become the typical way for Democrats to hold their meetings. Even the New York Times has noticed this disturbing trend.

Tester and Baucus should be out and about meeting Montanans face to face to hear their concerns – just like our Congressman, Denny Rehberg, does on a regular basis – and Rehberg holds these meetings with less staff and less funding than the Senators, all the while covering the same area.

Maybe Tester needs reminding that he did not get 50% of the vote during his election and that over 50% of the voters voted for the Conservative and Libertarian in that three-way race. Tester did not win his home county (Chouteau) in the last election, so there’s a lot of work to be done and dodging your constituents won’t help reelection chances. I heard today on the radio that he even refuses to do interviews on certain radio stations that allow callers to ask questions, even though most other Democrats have done the show. Cluck Cluck.

Although Tester won’t hold town hall meetings, he’s not afraid to take your campaign donations. He has over a million in the bank for his re-election which is over two years away. Tester has already launched his campaign website, which is a lot sooner than most politicians start their campaign. I guess we can tell by these actions what’s really important to him.

As for Baucus, he’s a lost cause. Cluck Cluck.