“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 25, 2013 09:36 :: 1006 Views This isn’t just an Internet rumor soon to be debunked at Snopes.com, nope this is real folks. From Politico Playbook: SCOOP – “Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption,” by John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman, with Jennifer Haberkorn: “Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 24, 2013 09:22 :: 1151 Views Congressman Steve Daines (R-MT) is giving serious thought to a US Senate run after the news of Senator Max Baucus’ (D-MT) retirement became official.  Plus, more names get floated from the Democratic side of the aisle for potential replacements.  And, how will Baucus’ retirement impact Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 24, 2013 08:33 :: 649 Views There’s more than just a failure to communicate when it comes to the approaching Obamacare “train wreck.”    Even though Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) announced that he will not seek re-election, the debate over the implementation of Obamacare will continue.  I say that to emphasize that this blog post is Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 23, 2013 07:38 :: 1159 Views The Obamacare Medicaid expansion appears to be dead in the Montana State Legislature, after one vote blocked an amended version from making the bill to the House floor (more on that comical story below).   As for the handful of Republican state senators who teamed up with Democrats Read More…

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) is walking back his Obamacare “Train Wreck” remarks, while a Kansas Congressman sends a letter straight to the senator:  “You wrote this bill.” And, Politico writes that it is “a tough time to be Max Baucus.”  All that and more below: Billings Gazette: CMMS spending $600K, hiring “navigators” to explain the Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 18, 2013 13:51 :: 1221 Views When asked to explain his vote against the Manchin/Toomey gun control bill, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) told The Hotline one word: “Montana.”   That response naturally evoked the response, then why did Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), who campaigned against gun control, vote in support of the gun control Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 18, 2013 13:17 :: 2125 Views Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has certainly been facing criticism across the country, after the author of Obamacare spoke at a Senate hearing Wednesday and remarked that Obamacare is an approaching “train wreck.”  For a hilarious visual of the train wreck approaching all of the people looking for Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 17, 2013 15:24 :: 1231 Views Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), who campaigned against gun control in the 2012 November election, has now come out in support of at least one gun control measure in the US Senate.  A post re-election change of heart is nothing new in politics.  He also Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 16, 2013 14:45 :: 11350 Views Per Politico, a dark money group with Montana ties is now expanding to Colorado. Tuesday’s Politico Playbook has this: HILLTOP OPENS COLORADO OFFICE – Mo Elleithee of Hilltop Public Solutions emails: “Craig Hughes … Hilltop’s newest Partner … will bring his tremendous talents to Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 15, 2013 14:35 :: 1556 Views BREAKING NEWS POST 2:24 PM Mountain Time When the explosion at the Boston Marathon occurred, Jim Berve of Billings had just crossed the finish line moments before.  To hear Berve describe it- he heard a boom, turned around, saw smoke, and then heard a second boom. “We Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 15, 2013 12:43 :: 1898 Views Liberal newspaper The Missoula Independent says Montana’s Senate Democrats “failed spectacularly,” while The Daily Inter Lake editorial headline read, “senate antics shamed whole state.”  To cap it all off, liberal columnist George Ochenski weighed in on the recent effort to hold a “call of the Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 15, 2013 09:22 :: 1465 Views The Gun Owners of America says Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and other senators who voted to allow gun control bills to move forward “have given the President a key symbolic victory.” Here’s more from their latest statement:  “The Senate’s dramatic filibuster-busting vote Thursday to Read More…

“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 12, 2013 09:00 :: 960 Views Well, here’s a few scientists who may be worrried about losing their jobs, after having the gall to report that global warming didn’t cause a major US drought.     Here’s the story from the AP:  Last year’s huge drought was a freak of nature that wasn’t caused Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 11, 2013 15:46 :: 1587 Views Concerns over Common Core education standards have been on the uptick both in the blogosphere and on the airwaves.  I know a lot of folks have been calling in to our statewide radio talk show, Voices of Montana, with their concerns.  The issue even Read More…

After extending the North Fork olive branch to Montana’s two Democratic US Senators, will the senators now extend the same courtesy to Congressman Steve Daines (R-MT) and stand in support of a bill that would protect Montana communities from new national monument designations that lack local support?  Only time will tell on that question.  In the Read More…

Democratic and union activists were cheering, while Republican activists were mocking, State Sen. Shannon Augare (D-Browning) on social media Friday.  Augare apparently fled the Montana State Capitol in an attempt to block action on several bills that would be decided on by the voters through the referendum process.   With Augare absent, Democrats had planned to hold a Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on April 10, 2013 09:35 :: 957 Views Dave Skinner’s got a must-read column in The Flathead Beacon this week where he notes Congressman Steve Daines (R-MT) recent support for the North Fork Preservation Act, calling it a lost war.   Here’s an excerpt:    Well, as much as it galls me to say Read More…