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I would accept that.

If Bankhead doesn't drop out by August 10 (I think?), her name will appear on the ballot in November, splitting the vote with Bodnar and almost certainly giving the seat to the Republican Alme. If you live in MT, please contact Bankhead's campaign and ask her to drop out.

She’s already made it clear she’s only interested in making the race about herself and could care less if the Republican wins because she stayed in.

As a Montanan I wish she would drop out. It is still an uphill battle, but Bodner has the best chance of winning. if she believes the things she says she does, and has enough personal insight to realize she can’t win, she would drop out. Sadly it seems she definitely lacks the latter.

Possible, but he’s never been a Democrat and has friends and supporters on both sides of the aisle. After his military service he was President of U/Montana, which he did wildly successfully starting in his 30’s, and in that job you have to be extremely apolitical.

He’ll get exactly nothing done if he chooses to do that.

Meh - what the point then of helping him.

youtu.be/b5-iJUuPWis?...

Yes.

Yes but Brian Schweitzer, the old governor, has not and supports Bankhead. He takes enough of the Dem establishment in Montana with him to encourage her to stay in. He and Tester don’t get along.

Another example of the sad state of affairs for the Democratic Party in our country.

I’ve seen other polls that say the same thing.

Bodnar is a centrist and a true Independent. He’s not faking anything, unlike some of these other cases. But he does detest Trump with the heat of a thousand suns and will never vote for John Thune for Maj Leader. After that he can do whatever he likes.

The bottom line for me. If the Dem candidate can't defeat the republican, as this poll indicates, than an independent who can defeat the republican and might vote sometimes with the Dems is still better than another MAGA Republican

Independents can be anything, and adhere to any platform. Doesn't make them a good candidate.