Reply #8: It was probably a bigger margin, which is why Burns didn't seek a recount. [View All]

[John Q. Citizen]

It wouldn't have been a landslide, though, because for all of burns obnoxious remarks and his close ties to Abramoff, burns was very good at reponding to constituents concerns, even if he didn't agree with the constituent. He didn't try to bullshit you at all. he just told you why he thought you were wrong and he was right, which is smart politics. He also brought a lot of money into the state.

Burns has a well run constituent office and you got a reply quickly, even if you opposed what he was doing.

Tester is going to be great I think. He's a populist and he understands that many voters vote their identity at least as much as they vote issues. He's got both the issues and the identity thing down.