It did not take long for Montana’s Attorney General, Mike McGrath (D), to basically say he was going to protect Montana’s Governor, Brian Schweitzer (D) from an investigation. He probably had the letter ready to go, because they are good friends, don’t you know.

Can you believe it? One must wonder if McGrath was at the Schweitzer speech in person.

This afternoon, NewWest.net reporter Robert Struckman reports:

“McGrath declined to investigate comments made by Gov. Brian Schweitzer at a fundraising event in Philadelphia on July 14, describing the speech as “admittedly intemperate” and saying “the accusations contain no allegation supported by fact.”

Well, it has been verified that he called the head of the elections office for Silver Bow County, and we know that he called the Associated Press. Both times he was trying to influence the outcome of the election. Hopefully the U.S. Attorney’s office in Montana will dig into Schweitzer’s contacts on the reservations.

Then Mr. Struckman reports that McGrath said,

“The misuse of the criminal justice system for political purposes is a serious matter. It is inappropriate to use a public office as election-season PR for a political blogger or any other special interest,” he says.

Tampering with elections is very much a serious matter, Mr. McGrath – at least most Montanans think so. Maybe the next Montana Attorney General, Tim Fox, will take things like this a little more seriously.

By the way, McGrath wants to be the next Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court. Good grief. He lost a lot of votes today.

By the way, Mr. McGrath, thanks for acknowledging political bloggers. We did the work for you. You fumbled the ball.