Posted on 11/08/2007 7:58:08 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
After a long wait, Montana Republicans have finally fielded a candidate for governor - and a respected one at that.
State Sen. Roy Brown, a veteran legislator from Billings, threw his hat in the ring last week and took a six-city fly-around. This week, he'll hit the road with a 10-day, 50-town tour to introduce himself to Montanans.
Brown appears to be a candidate who will put his full heart and soul into the race. He didn't sound like he was running as a token candidate or a sacrificial lamb for his party to put up against Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer.
“Brown is not a throwaway candidate,” said Craig Wilson, a political science professor at Montana State University-Billings.
Can Brown knock off Schweitzer?
Anything's possible, although it would appear at this stage to be an uphill battle for Brown. But that's why we have elections. And as Brown points out, he's never lost an election.
Brown, a holdover senator, has nothing to lose by running. If he's defeated, he can still serve in the Senate. If he runs a good race against Schweitzer but loses, it might give him a leg up for his party's nomination for an open governor's seat in 2012, although plenty of others will be lining up too.
(Excerpt) Read more at missoulian.com ...
The fact that a respectable candidate like Roy Brown is running indicates that the race isn’t a done deal.
It’s still going to be tough for Brown, though.
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