Reply #7: In MT there are a number of factors attributed to the tightening. [View All]

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In MT there are a number of factors attributed to the tightening.

1. MT is a red state still and replacing a well known name is hard. If you look at the polling 1 month ago undecided voters are breaking for Burns instead of Tester. The fact is some voters in MT would rather vote for a red crook than Dem.
2. Burns has a big advantage. Burns has spend a lot of his crooked money on a barrage of ads in MT, claiming he will raise taxes and so on. Tester doesn't have the funds to keep up. Reports stated months ago that Burns had about $2 million left, while Tester had $.5 million.
3. Dem were too overconfident, too early that MT will go their way that they deverted funds and energy away from MT and moved them to other races.
4. There are other little factors in the national media that sway undecided voters to Burns. Most of those undecided voters were Rep or Ind. Although some people here don't want to believe this, some incidents like the Kerry gaffee and the gay marriage stuff effect rural areas in "certain" states more than others.