Actually, Tester's campaigning is the only reason Dino Rossi is held down to less than 60% of the vote
Jon Tester's retail campaigning prowess is so powerful - matched perhaps only by Heidi Heitkamp's - that not only does it have a powerful effect on neighboring states such as Idaho, but even exerts a measurable 2nd order force that flows across the borders of states that neighbor neighboring states. Case in point, the force is exerted from MT in to ID, and then through all the way to WA-08.
Incidentally, this is one reason why Tester and Heitkamp are both likely to win re-election, because their retail campaigning mutual supports each other across state lines in this way.
This is some quality sh**t posting, I entirely approve.
