PPP’s latest numbers for the Republican primaries in Florida & Montana are shockingly good news for Newt Gingrich. It’s not that surprising that Gingrich has a lead over Mitt Romney in these states considering his surging national poll numbers but I am very surprised by the size of Gingrich’s leads. In Montana Gingrich has 37% [...]

According to new PPP polls Michele Bachmann leads the Republican field in both Oregon & Montana. Oregon Michele Bachamnn 29% Mitt Romney 28% Ron Paul 10% Newt Gingrich 9% Herman Cain 7% Tim Pawlenty 6% Jon Huntsman 2% Montana Bachmann 25% Romney 22% Gingrich 11% Paul 10% Pawlenty 9% Cain 8% Huntsman 4% Sarah Palin [...]

According to this story, Ron Paul will appear on the Montana ballot on November 4th. It seems likely that Paul’s presence on the ballot will hurt John McCain more than Barack Obama.

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave a great speech at the Democratic Convention last night but unfortunately most people didn’t see it as it wasn’t carried by most of the news networks (they’d rather let their talking heads ramble on rather than listen to the actual speeches.) Here’s Governor Schweitzer’s speech in full: