With the date to start filing for office in Montana on Thursday (January 12), I started thinking about an e-mail I received way back in early September from the Rick Hill for Governor Campaign.  That e-mail was dated September 8 with the subject “Next steps” and it contained this paragraph:

Though I’ve been on the road full time for months now, we’re in the process of ramping up our campaign and expanding our effort.  In the coming weeks you’ll see my campaign name a running mate, bring on additional campaign staff, and roll out new policy proposals to address all the problems we’ve identified and studied in the past few months.

That was over 120 days from today – a whole football season ago! Continue reading →