This is from the liberal PPP Polling firm, so it should be regarded as an outlier poll. I’d rate Rehberg as the marginal favorite.
The incumbent/challenger dynamic doesn’t apply here, as both are Federal officials elected statewide. It’s much more like a race between two incumbents.
If PPP has him up two, it’s probably 10. They suck.
How can this race be close? Did Montana go blue when I wasn’t looking or is the GOP’er a weak guy?
I went drinking with Rehberg at the 2001 Bush inugural. Fun guy.
PPP says Tester is in trouble. That’s good enough for me. Anyone who lives in Montana will tell you Tester is nothing more than Baucus’ rubber stamp. Baucus will announce some sort of legislation and let Tester get all the credit. The latest example of Tester trying to win over votes is he’s been working on getting Amtrak service in to Billings. Amtrak is a waste of federal dollars, and we can’t afford to expand it in to areas it’s never been to and expecting it to be profitable.
If even PPP has the Republican ahead that is good.