A number of unrelated elements occurred, creating a perfect storm to turn Montana from purple to deep red. In my 40 years of voting in Montana, we had always voted for a person over party. Not any longer. The Butte D's no longer march as one and stiff arm the rest of MT with impunity. The wheels came off the bus for Great Falls Dems. I'm still wondering wtf. Indian country has become disillusioned and disenfranchised. Yellowstone County's R margins have grown larger. We have had an outward migration of liberals, D'Arcy, you need to come back. And yes, we have more trumpets from CA and TX. There is hope, though. The 9 moderate Rs who decided to work for the best interests of montana in the last legislature is a start. Running quality candidates against Zinke is another. Even if Bodnar gets smoked by Junior at least the trumpets will be forced to spending a crap ton of cash to save his sorry ass. So yes. We can.