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All Hail The Mighty Wulfgar! Yes, Wulfgar has fired up the ole’ “Montana Weblog Awards” for 2006, and he’s taking nominations right now – gitcherself over to his place and nominate blog in any (or all!) of the following categories:
Heading: Political
Categories:
Best left leaning blog.
Best right leaning blog.
Best independent or libertarian blog.
Best Political blog.
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Thanksgiving is the most unique day on the American calendar: it’s the only day set aside as a day of thanking G-d, that is celebrated, each in their own manner, by the 3 Abrahamic religions.
The American pilgrims, who originated the Thanksgiving holiday, were deeply religious people. When they were trying to find a way [...]

Political news: State Senator Sam Kitzenberg, who ran and was elected as a Republican, has officially switched parties and is now officially a Democrat. The result: Democrats now have a 26-24 majority in the Montana Senate. What do YOU think of Kitzenberg’s switch?

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On this day America pauses to reflect on the service of millions of American veterans who have served in the United States armed forces. This year is special because it was just a few months ago that the Montana Veterans Memorial was completed and dedicated in Great Falls.

Here are some links about Montana veterans, [...]

2,848. Whether you were cheering for Tester or Burns, you’ve got to admit that last night was quite nerve-wracking. And hearing the political pundits focus on Montana so much – well, we’re just not used to that kind of national attention. So 2,848 is the difference in the number of votes between [...]

Current MT Secretary of State Totals for BURNS vs TESTER
Excellent CNN coverage/map/results.
US House of Representatives election contest – REHBERG vs LINDEEN
Minimum-wage increase looks to pass easily.
Driving home from work this evening past the Heritage Inn hotel I noticed that the sign read “Welcome MT Democrats” – turns out that the election night party for [...]

GET OUT THE VOTE! Obviously the biggest “high visibility” Montana contest is between Conrad Burns and Jon Tester, and RealClearPolitics has a great page that details recent polls and analysis. But on to the overall subject today: voting! Drop a note in the comments section to let other Montanans know about your voting [...]

Dave Budge is reporting that one of the most popular “portal” sites for Democrats, Left In The West, is currently redirecting to a bland directory instead of the usual “get out the vote” headlines. The reason?
It seems that Left In The West somehow spaced out renewing their domain name and is in cyberspace purgatory…ON [...]

From the Forums comes a question from fboehner1:
“I have recently been presented with an opportunity to move to northwest Montana. I am extremely excited due to the wealth of outdoor activities that are available. I am only a few years removed from college and I would like to know some pros and cons about kalispell [...]

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