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I find these blogs about the American midterms to be condescending in tone. This one and the "Scary Spending" entry below have a really snooty and judgemental tone--as if American politics is somehow cheaper or sillier than politics elsewhere.

Speaking as someone who has been born, raised and educated in Montana, my reading is that this election is a referendum on ethics, transparency and accountability not only of Sen. Conrad Burns, but of the GOP in general. Honesty and fairness are two traits that Montanans demand of ourselves, and especially from our officials. This is still a place where a person is only as good as their word. Sen. Burns's image has been tainted more by his refusal to admit his error than by his acceptance of dirty money. Instead, he has defended himself by noting that the Justice Dept. investigation has not yet produced an indictment. Most Montanans intuitively know that illegal acts are not the same as unethical acts. Sen. Burns will be judged in the court of public opinion on Nov. 7. National and international issues aside, this election for myself, and many of my fellow Montanans, is about the trustworthiness of the candidates. May the best man win.

Burns' and his staff have always worked diligently to guide his constituents through the Washington Maze, and this has won him many friends over the years. But a combination of venality in his dealings with Abramoff, an assortment of ill-considered comments, and his frankly moronic and depressingly uninformed defense of Bush's War now allow him to pay delayed honor to his first election promise to serve no more than two terms. In this limited respect I wish him success.

I am from Montana and I don't watch television that much, but when I do I see programming full of campaign ads that are full of immature cheap shots. Although, I find this to be true it still doesn't stop me from voting for one side or the other.
I find that Burns is a man with a bad attitude. He (like Dick Cheney) has a tendency to say things that are really disrespectful towards people. One example would be when he told out of state grunt fire fighters (who get paid 8-12 dollars an hour) that they are doing a "piss poor job"at controlling our wildland fires. These actions can not and should not represent montana and because of this I am picking the lesser of two evils and I am going to vote for John Tester.

"I find these blogs about the American midterms to be condescending in tone. This one and the "Scary Spending" entry below have a really snooty and judgemental tone--as if American politics is somehow cheaper or sillier than politics elsewhere."

Oh come on.. educate yourself. American politics is the laughing stock of the rest of the world. The legalized power grabs, greed and corruption is akin to some third world countries.

Nowhere else on this planet can you get such comic material as from the US political system.

Given the est. cost of the Iraq war (at $1 trillion) as $9480.46 per U.S. household, I think a good many farmers in Montana (median household income $33,024, 46th in the nation) are getting more than a buzz cut. They鈥檙e getting scalped! Some good old horse sense would be worth its weight in gold in Washington - and not to Halliburton but to American families in need.