“North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole, head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, fired the first shot.
"The general election now comes down to a choice between Conrad Burns, who has such an outstanding record of accomplishment for his state, and a Democrat puppet of national liberal special interest groups who does not share the mainstream values of Montanans," Dole said of Tester in a statement.”
Let’s see, an actual rancher versus a corrupt career Washington DC politician. It will be interesting to see who wins this one.
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