https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Congress/comments/8fkjc6/race_to_replace_sen_jon_tester_dmt/

This morning, President Trump condemned Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) on Twitter:

Allegations made by Senator Jon Tester against Admiral/Doctor Ron Jackson are proving false. The Secret Service is unable to confirm (in fact they deny) any of the phony Democrat charges which have absolutely devastated the wonderful Jackson family. Tester should resign. The great people of Montana will not stand for this kind of slander when talking of a great human being. Admiral Jackson is the kind of man that those in Montana would most respect and admire, and now, for no reason whatsoever, his reputation has been shattered. Not fair, Tester!

Tester is basically dead now.

<@&417405337960710166> https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/montana/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_wLNVRnYo8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEDjNv4ur0U

<@&417405337960710166> <@&432627153805377536> <@&399683356218097667> what do you think of these two ads ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fosOWW8NKdA

@Deleted User Not too bad. He's running hard as a Trump loyalist in a state where Trump is at a strong net approval.

Likely the best course for a candidate.

And these political ads are above average.

But it's going to take more than this to shatter the pro-Tester mystique in Montana.

The GOP needs to really hammer sanctuary cities.

Montana likes Medicaid so healthcare may not be a great issue to run on in this state.

But illegal immigration & sanctuary cities are definitely great issues to hammer. But they need more than that.

Tying Tester to Pelosi is also very smart in a state where the Democratic Party is very disliked.

might be better off trying to run negative ads against the Democratic Party as a whole than against Jon Tester

^

Democrats go extremely hard left on single payer in Montana because of its relatively poor rural population. It's an official party position in the state to pass single payer.

Both its current and previous governors have tried to institute single payer in the state.

I do think that running ads comparing the local D candidate to Pelosi is not too useful, as shown in PA-18. It's better to just trash the entire Democratic Party as a whole

I think the GOP would be wise to run multiple ads featuring former Democrats who feel disenfranchised by the party

But it's also a strong socially conservative reactionary state which'd rather burn their children alive than vote (D) in a presidential.

Yep.

The Democratic Party has a rich history in Montana.

There are still vestiges of conservative Democrats in the state and they need to be addressed personally imo.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/John_Walsh%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/800px-John_Walsh%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg

I love this dude's deer in the headlights look

While he gets rammed by revelations that his college degree is fake

Living in the wolves den so to speak (Missoula). Trying to develop a strategy to maneuver the college trash. 🤔

nice, that's one of the Democratic areas in Montana ?

yes

college town

pretty much all of montana is right wing except a few college towns and the capital

and some indian areas

Deceptively purple state. Solidly red for the presidential elections since 93. But state and legislative elections have a surprisingly strong blue streak. Invoking liberal apathy/blackpilling among the college towns like Missoula and Bozeman will be key.

heblo fellow eastern montana folks

If any of you folks live in an area near colstrip, ask a lefty if they want to shut down the coal mining

Specifically, asking Kathleen about Colstrip's coal industry

<@&417405337960710166> Trump will be rallying here on the 6th of this month, folks.

I live in Montana. Not happy about Rosendale, I wanted Judge Fagg. The fake cowboy drawl in this video makes me sick. He actually talked with a Massachusetts accent. Why can't Montana ever elect someone actually from Montana? SMDH! 🙄