Big Sky Cairn

Republican Denny Rehberg sleeps on his couch, holds campaign events at bars with animal heads on the wall and raises his money in Montana.

Democrat Max Baucus lives in Georgetown, spends thousands of dollars at swank DC restaurants, drives a new BMW and raises his money everywhere but Montana.

Democrat Jim Hunt… well he wants to live in Washington, DC and doesn’t really raise much money from anywhere.

Why isn’t the media talking about where the millions of dollars that Baucus is going to dump into Montana races comes from?  Since that Missoulian article (linked above), we haven’t heard a thing about where Baucus is raising his money.  Since it’s going to have a pretty big impact on the political face of Montana, I think it’s a story worth telling.

Your presumption that in-state money is clean while out-of-state money is not is laughable.

Examples of in-state special interests who work against the public and give money to politicians to buy influence:

: Montana Stockgrowers Association, Citizens for Balanced Use, Montana Contractors Association, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Montanans for Multiple Use, Treasure State Alliance, Montana Wood Products Association, Montana Agricultural Business Association, Montana Grain Growers Association, United Property Owners of Montana and Families for Outdoor Recreation.