So far, five Democrats have announced their candidacy for the at-large congressional seat being vacated by Denny Rehberg. All of them have impressive credentials, and any of them would be far better for Montana than the Republican candidate, Steve Daines of Bozeman.
We Beaverhead Democrats will remain neutral with respect to the candidates until after the primary election in June.
At least two, and probably more, of the candidates will attend our Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on April 13. This will give us a chance to get to know them better.
To the right are links to the candidates' websites.
Millionaire Denny Rehberg Hopes to Pass the Congressional Baton to Millionaire Steve Daines
A visit to Steve Daines' website reveals him to be a very unexceptional Republican. The website is full of vague platitudes stemming from a Fox News view of the world.
He states, for example, that "free people, acting in a free market, are what this country stands for -- it is the American Dream."
He wants to introduce "fiscal responsibility and accountability to Washington," where "our problem is not that taxes are too low but spending it too high."
On jobs: "Government does not create jobs. Individuals, entrepreneurs, business men and women create jobs."
On the Affordable Care Act: "Obamacare does not move the country forward, but sets us back. . . . We should repeal Obamacare and implement an affordable health care system."
Steve Daines, Bozeman Millionaire
On American exceptionalism: "Montanans understand why America is great. America is exceptional, but that doesn't come by accident. Why are we the greatest, most prosperous, most generous, and freest people ever known to man? It is because we embrace freedom and those principles (sic) are embedded in our Constitution."
