The election is 16 months away, a LOT will happen by then. The MT dems, true to their mouse-nature, gobbled up all the excess in the budget/pantry that the reps had saved up; paying off their education buddies. But if we hit a financial downturn nationally or statewide, these dem-mice will find themselves in mouse traps and dumped outside for the ants to feast on. Remember, MT is next to the bottom of 50 states as to annual wages. Going still LOWER on the pay scale w/a dem gov, state senate, split house, and 2 dem senators= HELL to pay in nov ‘08; this is a CERTAINTY.