In Montana, a test case for control of the Senate

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There is probably Repub Party-wide division on this that deserves more focus from the MSM.

In Montana, a test case for control of the Senate

Democrats attack Conrad Burns over the Abramoff scandal
By Janet Hook
Originally published February 19, 2006

BOZEMAN, Mont. // A huge outfitting store on the edge of this mountain-ringed town should be a conservative bastion: The ranchers and farmers who come to shop tend to be reliable Republicans.

But here at Murdoch's Ranch and Home Supply - amid the calf pens, muck buckets and bags of horse feed - there are signs of trouble for the GOP. And that could be bad news for the party from coast to coast.

Jack Bolender, a retiree who voted for three-term Sen. Conrad Burns because the Republican delivered mounds of federal aid to Montana, said he was deserting the incumbent in the state's 2006 election. Allegations that Burns was cozy with Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist central to a wide-ranging corruption scandal in Washington, has Bolender steamed.

"I appreciate what Burns brought to the state, but at what cost?" Bolender said one cold afternoon outside Murdoch's. "We seem to be selling out to the special interests."

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1. Everyone has their price

We know how much Burns was willing to sell his soul to Abramoff for.