ya' know pan....samcol....will... I've posted about this guy before. He's a democrat. If you dismiss his party, are you dismissing him? He seems a centrist, but I suspect, much too "liberal" for the folks who voted for the 45 "17 and under" (progressive voting score) republican senators..... More fuel for my argument that republican voters are largely to the right of Bush.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Schweitzer
....In March 2005, Schweitzer sparked controversy by suggesting that Montana's National Guard troops be recalled from service in Iraq to assist firefighting during Montana's wildfire season. He has been also gaining national attention lately for his focus on converting Montana's vast coal reserves into fuel, which he has said is one way to wean America off of foreign oil. Schweitzer has been interviewed by 60 Minutes (first aired on February 26, 2006), Diesel Power Magazine (December 2006 issue), and Charlie Rose (March 7, 2007) regarding his work in this field.
On May 3, 2006, Schweitzer granted posthumous pardons to 78 persons convicted of sedition during World War I for making comments that were critical of the war. These were the first posthumous pardons in Montana history, but the convictions had become notorious in recent years because Montana's sedition law had been one of the broadest and harshest of its time: one man went to prison for calling food rationing "a joke," while others were targeted because they refused to physically kiss a U.S. flag or to buy Liberty Bonds. At a public ceremony attended by family members of the pardon recipients, Schweitzer said "[i]n times when our country is pushed to our limits, those are the times when it is most important to remember individual rights.".....
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Gov. Schweitzer favors wind generated power development and abortion and 2nd amendment rights, and the death penalty....:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Brian_Schweitzer.htm
Growing a viable alternative party will require some (a lot of....) republicans to crossover. If they don't, and you're successful in persuading any number of former democratic voters over to supporting your candidates....the republicans win. I know that you don't want to hear it....but it is THE problem...and you might make it my problem, dc_dux's problem, and Brian Schweitzer's problem