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November 17, 2006 in Links

The Great Falls Tribune heartily endorses the Good Guv’s education spending increases.

Matt Singer’s take on Montana’s rural support for Jon Tester.

Here’s a bloc of voters few have credited with Tester’s win: Montana’s Native Americans. This year also marks the most Indian legislators in Montana’s legislature as well.

Limbaugh targets JT. If you judge a man by his enemies, I’d say we picked the right guy. Colbert rushes to defend Rush: “Do you know how hard it is to convince the American public to believe in things that you don’t? And all he gets in return is $35 million a year?”

Dennis Swibold comments on Conrad Burns’ manners.

Max Baucus has taken the privatization of Social Security off the table: “It’s good to have Senator Baucus at the door to the hen house for now.”

David Sirota claims Baucus is on the hot seat, and draws up a list of issues that our Sr. Senator should pay close attention to. A must read.

Sam Kitzenberg explains his party switch, says that state Republicans harassed him for being too independent. Then John Sinrud harasses Kitzenberg. Matt’s take.

Moorcat on Monica Lindeen’s run at the House.

Western Democrat’s Denver convention watch. My money is on Denver, indeed, getting the nod.

KXLY on the influx of white supremacists to Montana. Ugh.

The Guardian has a preview of the Iraq Study Group report. Kossak Georgia10: “Ah yes, success is always just a Friedman unit or two away, isn’t it?”

Kossak Icarus Rising analyzes the pollsters’ performance: Senate races.

Julie Fanselow mulls over the recent Democratic vote for its House Majority Leader, and how it signals a new, positive change in political leadership. Sort of a different lesson than what the inside-the-Beltway crowd learned. And Olbermann’s take, which is right on.

It turns out that having Medicare negotiate drug costs with Big Pharm will not result in fewer life-saving drugs after all. It may result in fewer drugs treating erectile dysfunction…but a woman is Speaker of the House! What does she care!

So…what’s the real cost of climate change?

Failing to address climate change may result in “pollution penalties” from the EU. So…we need Europe to bully us into doing the right thing?

Time’s 5 myths about the midterm elections.

Colby on dissent.