- Student Loans in Montana
- Pell Grants and Students Turning 24
- Jon Tester's June email
- The Montana Democratic State Convention
- The Failure of the Democrats to Include Climate Change in Platform
- Getting Montana off Coal
- New Training, Jobs, and Incentives for those in Coal Industry
In this episode we'll look at:
In this post we'll look at the D-Day anniversary as well as:
Read the NY Times Article on the 70th Anniversary of D-Day In this post we'll take a look at the following:
In this episode we'll look at the failure of the Republicans to come up with any substantive issues nationally that will stop a Democratic nominee for president in 2016.
We'll also look at the way drone attacks can solve the problem of the Guantanamo Bay prison, and how Democrats use this 21st century tool of warfare more effectively than Republicans. Here we'll look at microbreweries in Montana, nonprofit funding for outdoor recreation, the problems with buying a home in America and Montana, as well as some things about politics.
In this episode we look at the different newspapers and blogs around the state, specifically the Missoulian, MT Cowgirl, and a few other outlets that give you a piece of the convoluted message we call political news.
In this post we'll go through the election return results and analyze how the Missoula Democratic machine may or may not fare come November, especially considering the failed tax and spend policies of the runaway Democratic mayor, something that will hurt those in tight races.
Votes are trickling in as we pass midnight, with 41.27% of precincts reporting (and a total of 1,183 votes in my district). So in other words it’s too close to call a few tight races in the state. I don’t think that’s the case with my race. As of now here’s where the vote stands:
So I bet Heather Cahoon is really wishing that I wouldn’t have run right now, huh? Well…schucks! I guess I lost this one, unless I can miraculously pull 40% of the remaining unreported votes, which seems unlikely. I’m pretty happy that 106 people voted for me, er…105 not counting myself. And when you consider how much money I spent, that’s just about $10 a vote! Compared to some of the other races in the state, I got a really, really good deal! But that also means 106 people liked what I had to say enough to vote for me. Maybe they’d vote for me again if I run for another office or again in two years. Of course no one really wants to think about that after losing on election night. So it looks like Willis Curdy will be the Democratic candidate for the Montana Legislature out of Missoula’s House District 98. I hope he does a good job, and I’d email him to say good luck, but he never responded to my earlier email from several months ago. Well, that’s about it for politics until November. Will Willis Curdy defeat Roger Seewald, the Republican who ran unopposed in the Republican primary and got 562 votes so far? I’m sure he will, or at least I hope so – he did lose HD 100 back in 2010 after all. But that’s for another day. Until then…thanks for voting for me, Missoula! I just got done voting in Missoula today. I was the 109th person at my polling place, C.S. Porter School. That was not an encouraging sign. First, we expected turnout in this election to be low. I’m expecting, with the absentee ballots to be counted later tonight, that there’ll be just 1,300 people voting in this election at the most, and 700 at the least. Turnout is expected to be around 25% to 30%, and what’s more, Democrats will probably turnout in fewer numbers than Republicans. All of those things hurt me. The one consolation is that the sheriff’s race and the county attorney’s race are both on the Democratic ticket, and that might increase some of that turnout for me. While I’m not sure if I’ll get any of that crossover vote, I’ll sure welcome it nonetheless. All in all, it comes down to my efforts on the doors, with mailings, and with social media. Perhaps I should have gotten those yard signs, but it’s too late for that now.
Maybe I should have spent that last $126 – but again, that does nothing for me. Nope, it’s all coming down to the counts that start when polls close in an hour, at 8 PM. I’ll put up another post tonight when it’s all said and done. |
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