“Republicans are not amused.”
If the GOP were to offer meaningful choices, they would not have to worry about their base crossing over to Dems.
In general, your point is a good one.
But in this particular upcoming governor’s race, the choice in Montana is a pretty clear one between Roy Brown and Brian Schweitzer.
And in general, choices in Montana tend to be pretty clear, but not always.
Bob Brown in the last election was too moderate to be a stark difference from Schweitzer (and the latter used a lot of conservative rhetoric.)
Likewise, in the 2006 Senate race, Conrad Burns talked about all of the federal spending he brought to Montana — not a good way to endear fiscal conservatives to your cause.
But these are the exception in Montana.
This mailer may get enough checks in response to cover the cost of sending it, but the point was to provoke a reaction from Republicans, not actually to get Republicans to cross over.
You must be talking about the locals?
Because considering the national front runners for the Dems are 3 short time Senators, I think the GOP field shows considerable more meaningful, intellectual and political diverse candidates, then the Democrats would ever dare run
Roy Brown is not a RINO.