Governor Brian Schweitzer

by Eric Dondero As many of you know I recently won a major federal court case out of Oklahoma for political free speech and rights of petitioners. The 10th Circuit overturned a lower court ruling which would have outlawed out-of-state petitioners from participating in the Oklahoma electoral process. I was one of two plaintiffs in the case. Needless to say, Howie Rich, Paul Jacob, Phil Blumel of US Term Limits, Scott Tillman, Leon Drolet, our Attorney Eddie Griem, and myself were overjoyed with the decision. This morning we learned that the Democrat Attorney General of the State of Montana is appealing a similar decision ... Read Full Story

Matt Rooney | June 9, 2009 So apparently the governor of Montana is a thug? Go figure! He'd fit right in with some of our native Democrat machines. Read Full Story

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave a great, little noticed speech tonight that touched on some great energy issues. Best line: If we drilled everywhere… if we drilled in all of John McCain’s backyards- even the ones he doesn’t know he has. Here is the video: Read Full Story

I don’t know how many of you caught the speech Governor Brian Schweitzer (D) of Montana gave at the Democratic Convention. It was right before Hillary Clinton’s speech, so it’s probably going to get overlooked, but that’s a shame. I’m not sure if there’s going to be a video of it, if not, I’ll try to capture it on replay and get it up here sometime tomorrow. Clinton is about to speak now, so I’ll post again in a little bit. If you’re curious, Gayle Harrell is sitting on a very narrow (less than 1%) lead in Florida District 16. It’s going to be ... Read Full Story

On Monday, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a roundtable led by three members of the Democratic Governors' Association : Gov. Joe Manchin, WV, Chair of the DGA Gov. Brian Schweitzer, MT, Vice Chair of the DGA Gov. Martin O'Malley, MD, Finance Chair of the DGA While it's always important to the DGA to capture more Governors' seats, it's especially important in the 2010 elections when we head into redistricting. Right now, Democrats hold a majority of Governorships, at 28, for the first time since 1992. Gov. Manchin seemed quite confident that that number could rise to 29 or maybe even as ... Read Full Story