[Clintonfatigued]

In Montana, Carter in 1976 and Dukakis in 1988 came close. Clearly, the state has trended away from the 'Rats since then. Speaking of Dukakis, he won Massachusetts by only 54% to 46% in 1988. His home-staters had grown tired of him by then. Any chance of similar Kerry-fatigue this year?

[Dales]

Carter lost Montana by 7 and Dukakis lost it by 6. I do not know if I would call those particularly close; I tend to consider within 5 to be a contested state. So I guess that means I think it was close to being contested those times (but not quite).

Clinton came close to winning it in his re-election campaign, but again was relying on Perot taking 14%.