Tester fires back over Rehberg comments

Tester fires back over Rehberg comments

Tim Leeds

Montana's junior U. S. senator, Democrat Jon Tester, said some comments made last week by an opponent in the 2012 election, Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., don't hold up to close scrutiny.

"When you don't have anything on somebody you have to drum things up, " Tester said Thursday.

Tester said his record in his first four years as a U. S. senator speaks for itself.

"It's about moving the country forward; it's about creating jobs. It's about having some sort of vision, " he said. "And it's not just about saying 'no' except for naming a few building...