Matt Rosendale drops out of Montana Senate race after launching bid last week

Just the News ^ | 2/15/24 | Ben Whedon

[Republican Wildcat]

Jesse Helms successor is Linda. Rest my case.

If you are referring to Lindsey Graham, not only did he not succeed Jesse Helms, they aren't even from the same state.

[PermaRag]

New poll out today:

Tester 49, Sheehy 40.

It claims the exact same margin over Rosendale too, though. Since it’s such dismal news, clearly it must be inaccurate.

[cotton1706]

“New poll out today:

Tester 49, Sheehy 40.

It claims the exact same margin over Rosendale too, though. Since it’s such dismal news, clearly it must be inaccurate.”

I think it likely the Republican will win, which is why I wanted the most conservative Republican possible.

Tester was first elected in 2006 (anti-Republican year, Democrats take both houses of Congress), then ran for reelection in 2012 (Obama reelection year, lots of conservatives stayed home because of milquetoast Romney, and McConnell put up worthless Denny Rehberg), then again in 2018 (anti-Republican year, Democrats take back the House in the Trump mid-term).

Tester has the winds against him in 2024, with Trump on the ballot. That’s the stuff I look at, instead of polls. But the poll might be accurate for all I know. We’ll see.

[PermaRag]

You make some good points.

I would much rather have Rosendale as the nominee too, but Sheehy is not exactly Larry Hogan 2.0. At least he doesn’t *seem* to be, though any candidate who is endorsed by McConnell & Daines is automatically suspect, and now that includes Kari Lake too (not that she has much chance anyway).

The problem in MT is that now the Rats get to use the same old “carpetbagger” playbook against Sheehy that they were allowed to use against Rosendale in 2018. They also have Sheehy’s old allegedly “racist” Facebook posts and crap like that.

Smear campaign + inexperienced “not ready for prime time” GOP candidate + massive Democrat funding advantage + Democrat vote fraud == a poor chance at a good outcome.