billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
It's all over but the cleaning. Fresh off Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's win in Tuesday's Montana primary, staffers in the candidate's Billings headquarters were moving out Wednesday afternoon. ...
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Political insiders and analysts are scratching their heads in Montana. I'm perplexed," said Dave McAlpin, a state representative and Democratic strategist, in Missoula. "For me, what I'm taking away from this, is that anything can happen in Montana," said Brad Anderson, a Republican official in Yellowstone County and a student of statewide politics.
NewWest.Net Missoula (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Political insiders and analysts are scratching their heads in Montana. I'm perplexed," said Dave McAlpin, a state representative and Democratic strategist, in Missoula. "For me, what I'm taking away from this, is that anything can happen in Montana," said Brad Anderson, a Republican official in Yellowstone County and a student of statewide politics.
billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
It's all over but the cleaning. Fresh off Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's win in the June 3 Montana primary, staffers in the candidate's headquarters were moving out this afternoon. ...
ximblr.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
(The Politico) Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus said Tuesday he will endorse the winner of his state’s Democratic primary as soon as a winner is declared.Baucus said the formal endorsement of either Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) or Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) could come as soon as polls close tonight in Montana."I expect to endorse [...]
NewWest.Net Missoula (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Montanans went to the polls in droves for Tuesday's primary and predictions about an "energized" Democratic party were realized, surpassed even. Unofficial results show 181,336 Democratic ballots were cast, compared to 93,543 in the 2004 presidential primary, a jump of 87,792 Democratic voters and a 94 percent increase. Sen. Barack Obama's 102,356 votes (56 percent) amounted to more votes than what...
Donkey Dish (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton won the South Dakota primary last night, the latest in a string of battles she has carried in recent months. The war, however, has been lost for the former First Lady. Sen. Barack Obama won the Montana primary - and the Democratic nomination. Hillary Clinton was congratulatory in her South Dakota victory speech, but [...]
The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
One of the tests of a good leader is how he/she talks about the opponents in the wake of a heady victory. Barack Obama scored full marks in his speech delievered after his triumph in Montana primary. Now he stands poised to win the Democratic Party nomination to take on Senator John McCain in the US presidential polls. I listened to the Obama speech live…its was oratory at its best, and the words...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
McCain is getting killed and Romney is doing a amazing job even if he is not on the ballot.* Blind Yankee President - GOP Primary June 03, 2008 - 09:48PM MT Montana - 103 of 871 Precincts Reporting - 12% Name Party Votes Vote % McCain , John GOP 17,329 81% Paul , Ron GOP 3,499 16% No Preference GOP 463 2%
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
While Sen. Barack Obama won Montana's presidential support as expected, a few statewide primary contests in the state handed down some primary election surprises. Probably least surprising were the strong wins posted by Democratic candidate Denise Juneau for the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who will face off against Republican Elaine Sollie Herman. Check out results here. Mike Wheat and Steve...
billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
HELENA - Barack Obama claimed Montana’s primary Tuesday night, just hours after securing the Democratic presidential nomination in his historic race against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obama’s victory quickly prompted the state’s five un ...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
The television networks project Sen. Barack Obama will win the Montana primary, ending an unprecedented string of 54 contests for the Democratic presidential nomination. A wave of more than two dozen superdelegates announced their support for Obama as the polls closed.
NewsWatch: White House (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
(ap) Not just a need to change parties, he said -- but a need to change Washington. Barack Obama won the Montana primary Tuesday night and guess what else? The presumptive nominee (pending the convention) thanked his grandmother in...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Apparent Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was projected to win the Montana primary Tuesday, while Hillary Clinton was expected to win South Dakota.MSNBC reported exit polls indicated Obama won Montana. Clinton won South Dakota with 56 percent of the vote, compared to Obama's 44 percent with 41 percent of precincts reporting, CNN said.Obama's projected win in Big Sky Country came after several...
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
The Democratic primaries are, officially, over: MSNBC, CNN and Fox News all called Montana's contest for Barack Obama as soon as the state's polls closed at 10 p.m. Eastern. That wraps up, finally, five months' worth of elections and caucuses in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and "Democrats Abroad."
