Especially coming from an incumbent. I don’t know much about the GOP party in Montana (I hope it is better organized than it is in Washington!). Perhaps FReepers can mount a campaign to raise awareness.
You make a good point that a letter like this has a different flavor coming from someone who is an incumbent and who is at the moment at the reins of government — as opposed to a gubernatorial hopeful.
The main point to the letter, still, is probably to get an over-reaction from Republicans.
I posted this on FR at the risk of being part of an over-reaction. It is just such an unusual political maneuver that I thought it might be of interest outside of Montana.
Another reason I posted it was to see if anyone around the country has encountered similar tactics, by either party.
Feel free to ping this thread around to see what kind of reaction it gets.