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...fair, the blog got involved in some of the campaigns because they were long shots.) "If I had their record, I wouldn't be eating right now," said one veteran Democratic consultant about the bloggers. In November, some of the bloggers' favorites, such as Senate candidate Jon Tester in Montana and Darcy Burner in a House district near Seattle, are running in key races that Democrats need to win if they are to take back the House or the Senate. And while some bloggers say just running liberal candidates against incumbents like Lieberman is enough, others concede that they need...
...They greet his sardonic understatement with appreciative howls. The speech starts with a warm celebration of the site?s achievements (including the somewhat dubious claim that Jon Tester owes his primary Senate victory in Montana to them and not to his opponent?s zipper problem) and then becomes self-congratulatory, boasting about the insurgent primary challenge to Joe Lieberman, where the incumbent now leads by only 55-40. The message of these triumphs? That the ?riffraff? has triumphed over the elite. It?s all very empowering, though the speech?s crescendo is about how the liberal blogosphere propelled Stephen Colbert...
...pose a strong challenge, but he's proven to be a less than able campaigner. He recently drew ridicule for suggesting that mad cow disease was fake and denounced a state effort to track cattle as part of an effort to run private farms out of business. In Montana, two popular Democrats square off for the chance to take on beleaguered Sen. Conrad Burns, the Republican incumbent who has been caught up in the Jack Abramoff probe. The odds-on favorite is State Senate Leader John Tester, who has an hysterically funny ad up showing Montanans flocking to get Tester...
...First, people from Montana apparently read The Crimson. Second, they like sending mail. Lots of mail. (This, of course, shouldn’t be a surprise to any Harvard student who is aware of his or her alumni base...
...While I still firmly believe that the 2004 Harvard squad could have beaten every team in I-AA (even Furman, now that I look back on it), I will concede the following point. If you’re going to make a crack about a Montana anything, don’t include contact information...