Let's gripe about the Helena IR's editorial about Roy Brown today.
In an annoying piece, the IR finishes with this extra-annoying conclusion:
"That history, coupled with enough ideological differences to spice up the campaign for the party faithful on both sides, should make for a real test of just how red-colored Montana still is in 2008."
How can this possibly be true? Even by their own description, the race is between a Republican with "strongly conservative views" and a "moderate" Democrat. To test how red or blue the state is, wouldn't you want candidates of equal partisan polarization? Never mind the question of the incredible weight of Schweitzer's Hollywood money, his undisputed skills at snake-oil salesmanship, and all the advantages of incumbency during a strong economy (unearned by Schweitzer).
Even if Schweitzer gets 85% of the vote, it will prove almost nothing about how red or blue Montana is. It will just prove that conventional politics works.
6 comments:
I'm not sure what you mean by conventional politics
Victory = 85% money, 10% telling the people whatever they want to hear, and 5% merit of the candidates.
but what about all the races where the dems out raise the Rs 2 to 1 and lose anyway? HMMMM?
47 you have a twisted view of politics.
No man, Forty Seven is on the right track. Follow the money - no dough no flow - yo. I just liked the way that sounded. It's all about the money homeys.
The comments here are stimulating. forty seven, I could not disagree with you more. The way to get elected is to have a good platform and know how to articulate it in a way that resinates. When one does this the money comes. I agree with anonymous (which I guess you are too, since all I know about you is a number) that the democrates regularly outspend the republicans in this state. Out spending the other guy does not = a win. Roy Brown knows this well. I earestly hope that you are not working for any campaigns. I for one do not want someone to "tell the people what they want to hear" unless it is also what the candidate actually believes. What you are talking about is what I like to refer to as the black hole of politics.
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