Yesterday afternoon as I was gathering ideas for today’s column, it appeared I had a pretty good idea of what I would write about: Senator Jon Tester and Taco Bell.

Tester had come out with a statement saying Taco Bell should use Montana beef and the Montana media freaked out in reporting it. I had a couple good jokes in mind about the Senator and Taco Bell.

I did find out that Senator Tester “regularly returns to the Senate with his own supply of Montana beef…” which is nice unless your flight is delayed on the hot tarmac in Atlanta…

But now Jon Tester has more worries than the meat in his burritos from Taco Bell; it appears he’s got Congressman Denny Rehberg to worry about. Tester may also be worrying if his first four years as a United States Senator has had any beef or has it just been “filler.”

Roll Call had breaking news last night reporting that Congressman Denny Rehberg will announce Saturday that he is challenging Senator Jon Tester in 2012. Rehberg is in his sixth term as Montana’s only Congressman. Tester is in his first term as Montana’s junior senator. Continue reading →