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[quote user="arbfbe"] FM,   I thought we were talking about Conrad here.  I limited my comments to my views of why he lost his election.  I hardly think all Democrats are squeaky clean and now they are in power there will be even more temptations placed in front of them to take the fall from grace.  We will all have to keep an eye on them and exercise our perogative to vote them out in 2008, 2010 and 2012 if needed. The election of Testor to the Senate in and of itself did not change the composition of the senate.  Several races went to the Democrats, Montana and Virgina were just the last two counted and so they are memorable.  They are no more important to the change than any of the other individual races were. I fail to see how Burns is/was the only one in the state carrying the torch for regualtory reform for grain shippers in Montana.  As I pointed out, Testor and Schweitzer both have a personal interest as well as a professional interest in lower or more competitive shipping rates in MT. I fail to see how the coal issues you mention hinge upon the committee chair in one Senate committee.  The syndiesel is one of the Governor's pet projects. Montana owns a lot of coal buried beneath school trust lands which could be developed for profit and to supply needed funding for public education in Montana.  We will have to see if successful development of these coal projects will require federal funding or tax incentives to become profitable.  Right now things are still in the very preliminary stages of development.  Schweitzer is doing a lot of leg work to bring people and organizations together on this one.  Conrad was not voted out of office account Montanans did not want to see coal based industry developed in Montana.  He was voted out since he seemed less interested in representing Montana voters than outsiders with lots of money.  He was shooting from the hip and striking out at others in a manner not supported by residents towards visitors to the state.  Finally, he was beat by someone who shared nearly the same constituency as Burns himself. So if you really think Montanans lack the big picture view you have failed to understand the state.  At least we know the local tapestry we see is colorful but distorted.  I am sorry we are not trying to eminent domain the BNSF mainline into an open access railroad for your studies but we generally do not impose upon others that way.  Probably never will. We just collectively voted to change our junior senator.  That alone should not be too big an issue anywhere else in the country for at least a few years anyway.      [/quote] Just keep your eyes and ears on Boxer.  There is very little reason to expect business as usual in our nation's coal development projects.
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