MT-AL: Rob Quist (D) vs. Greg Gianforte (R) vs. Mark Wicks (L), May 25

[Skye]

Somehow a Quist v. Gianforte thread has turned into a Feingold discussion for some reason?

[Skye]

I'm a bit skeptical about this. What kind of candidate in a potentially close election assaults a reporter the day before the election?

[Skye]

Though I think it's a bit late for this to have a harder impact.

[Skye]

Hoo boy, can't wait to see Gianforte's PR statement.

[Skye]

If the Republicans were nervous about this election before, they must be in a coma right now.

[Skye]

A question. Doesn't the GOP electorate vote on Election Day, while the Dems turn out in the early vote? I know Trump was trailing in FL, and other battleground states before the ED vote. I don't know how Montana voting patterns so I'm curious.

i think it all comes down to the question, if some republicans are getting cold feet....don't think there are much more dems to motivate.

It'll be hard to move them to Quist, but if Wicks can pick them up, maybe we might have a Bill Clinton 1992 part two... that is if there are enough votes still out.

I guess Claire McCaskill got 55% of the vote because of her popularity right?

TBF, Akin didn't implode a day before the election.

[Skye]

If the Republicans were nervous about this election before, they must be in a coma right now.

As a Republican, who would you vote for?

Eh, I wouldn't vote for a guy that body slams reporters just cause they ask questions, in case it ends up being true (Which certainly looks like it).

[Skye]

Gianforte needs to do damage control now.... somehow... Honestly, IMO it'd be the best if he were just honest about this entire thing and apologized publicly.

That's not enough.

Yeah, well, after a congressional candidate body slams a reporter, few things are going to be enough to lessen the damage done.