Crowd Thinning In Billings As Burns Closes Gap

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

BILLINGS - Sen. Conrad Burns hasn’t spoken yet, but the crowd is already thinning at the Republican election-night party in Billings. It looks like Burns could be done. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R) keeps his seat, as predicted.

And maybe Burns’ Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, is going to change the face of the U.S. Senate. We may not know until early Wednesday.

Folks are passive here, like maybe they expected these numbers. Here in Yellowstone County, the swing county in Montana, the latest tally (40% reporting) is Tester with 51% to Burns 47%.

They hate Missoula at this Republican soiree but it wasn’t just Missoula County that voted for Tester, some of the other it big counties in the state – Cascade, Lewis and Clark, and Silver Bow – voted for him.

Former Governor Judy Martz just said it isn’t over.

“We’re not all that worried yet,” said another Burns supporter. They’re hoping that the later, rural vote will pick up the numbers needed. Gallatin, Flathead and Ravalli Counties haven’t weighed in. Gallatin historically splits its vote and the other two tend to go Republican.

more: http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/article/crowd_thinning_in_billings_as_burns_closes_gap/C8/L8/

[Tempest]

1. Burns took Gallatin county, barely

n/t

[azurnoir]

2. It must really be hard on the poor woman

Ms Martz, her state may well be the one that puts the final nail in the GOP legislative branch coffin.:nopity:

[Ignacio Upton]

3. We should thank Martz

Wasn't she partly responsible for the rise of Schweitzer and the takeover of the state legislature in 2004?

[Naturyl]

4. The latest tally in Yellowstone is zero

ABC News reports that a recount has been declared and we can't expect any results until 8 AM. In addition, all of the reported totals for Yellowstone and several other counties have been erased from Montana's election website and from CNN. Yellowstone is now reporting a big fat zero.

[Eurobabe]

5. WTF???? Not another Warren County OH 2004!!