Montana politics, Havre photography

Politico, the website that is the go-to place for political junkies looking for their fix, has been paying a lot of attention to Montana in recent days.

Every month, Politico lists the top 10 most closely watched U. S. Senate races in this November's elections. Once again in July, Montana's donnybrook between incumbent Jon Tester and U. S. Rep. Denny Rehberg was third on the list, trailing only Massachusetts and Virginia.

Tester "won" July, Politico declared, based on his success with his campaign ads claiming that Rehberg had voted against cancer screenings for women.

Politico pointed to a...