As jhwygirl notes, Gernant's campaign has been picking up steam. Good for him. He's earned it. Some of the comments from posts jhwygirl linked to...
James Conner: "I'm voting for Tyler Gernant...He's a young man with considerable intelligence and promise who the strongest - and the strongest by far - of the four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Montana's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives....
"Gernant, by comparison, is hungry. He's running a tightly organized campaign, a tactically brilliant campaign that inspires his supporters. Gernant, not McDonald, is the future of the Democratic Party in Montana. My sole complaint, and it's not a trivial complaint, is that he sometimes pussyfoots around issues, has trouble giving a strong, straight answer to a straight question, and does not exhibit the degree of historical vision that I believe we need in Congress. He's very much focused on the here and now, on Montana and the present....
"Gernant's reticence on this is one reason why I've waited so long to endorse him. The other is my deep and abiding anger, fury to be blunt, at the Democratic Party for bungling health care, the kind of anger that makes a man unwilling, indeed unable, to make the Hobson's Choices that politics requires. But a comparative lack of historical vision is an affliction of youth that time will cure. The counterweights are Gernant's energy and optimism, and his sparkling intelligence. McDonald represents the past. Montana should hitch its future to Gernant's rising star."
Pogie: "I think Tyler Gernant wins this race narrowly tomorrow. While Dennis McDonald certainly had an advantage in name recognition and connection to the party establishment, Gernant's had a much more energetic and visible campaign. Here in Helena and driving around the state (admittedly the Western part for the most part), I've seen more signs for Gernant and he has been much more active in the traditional media and the the 'net. It's going to be close, but I think Gernant wins with 50-55% of the vote in a four person race.
"If Gernant does indeed win, it's time for the traditional labor power brokers to reconsider their approach a bit. I don't think they have the influence in Montana progressive politics that they used to-or still seem to imagine that they do. A Gernant win would be a further sign of that diminished role."
And here's a pretty cool video from the Gernant campaign, touting Tyler's online efforts:
