MT-US Senate Dem Primary - Tester camp is feeling good

[swag]

Matt Singer has a personal anecdote (via Swing State Project) about phone-banking in Montana last night:

Understand this, I’m calling Yellowstone County. The most prominent Democratic official in Yellowstone County hasn’t just endorsed John Morrison. He’s serving as his treasurer and has been working hard for him. This is supposed to be among our worst territories.

Twenty calls in and I can’t find anyone voting against us. A friend of mine running another phone bank across town calls, excited. He’s talked to twenty people. He’s got 19 Tester supporters and one person voting for Morrison.

The numbers start piling up. By the end of the night, our phone bank has talked to 150 live ones and left hundreds more messages. Tester supporters outnumber Morrison supporters 4-to-1. If you give Tester the “undecided” voters who have said they lean our way and give Morrison the rest of the undecided voters, we’re up 5-to-2. The margins are unreal. And our people are excited.

We call it a night at 8:45. I talk to a friend on the other side of the state. His calls are going the same way, overwhelmingly favoring Tester.

I hear from someone who knows a Morrison volunteer. Her list in Helena struck out. People are even telling the Morrison campaign that they are voting for Tester.

Meanwhile, our volunteers in Helena can’t find Morrison supporters and our folks in Great Falls are getting positive feedback from across the state.

Honestly, this is my third cycle in Montana politics. I’ve made a lot of calls over the years. I’ve never literally felt like I was witnessing the ground shift under my feet the way it has felt here in recent weeks.

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[DURHAM D]

1. I have a good Tester story - I called his office several months ago

to ask his position on choice - it was not on his website. The guy who answered the phone said "Here, I will let you talk to him yourself - he is right here". We talked for at least 20 minutes about many things including choice, public/music education and farming. I did not give him my name but mentioned what state I lived in.

When I got off the phone I wrote a check and mailed it to him (without mention of our conversation). A few days later I got a personal thank you note with a comment that he had enjoyed talking to me.

I have worked as both paid and volunteer staff for Senate candidates in the past and not a single one ever wrote me a personal thank you note or remembered my name past election day - he is a different kind of guy. I hope he wins, we really need him.

[swag]

2. I remember that great story - I think you posted about that the day

it happened.

Oh yeah, here we go:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2400102&mesg_id=2400236

He has run an amazing race to be dead even with Morrison at this point.

He'll be getting some money from me if he pulls this off.

[greendog]

3. This is good news!

I just got back from voting for Tester. I think he's going to be a great Senator.