(first time poster, cross-posted on Daily Kos)

I am an environmentalist.  I have been since I was very small.  And I'm a netroots activist - I haven't been that quite so long, but I have been reading political blogs since I was too young to drive a car.  

In this post, Matt Stoller of MyDD lists some broad tactics to guide the netroots in building a people-powered movement for the coming years.  #2 on the list was: "Expand our netroots base: Let's get more people involved.  Let's build bridges to different communities, and bring their influentials onto the internet to engage in dialogue." 

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The polls which have shown a tightening in recent days cause me little concern, but while I'm dubious that Rick Santorum is experiencing anything other than moving from terrible to very bad, the race in Montana now has me on the edge of my seat.

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I am here in L.A., and I just came from a fundraiser for Jim Webb, running against George Allen in VA.  This guy is pretty amazing, and has the military and street creds that not even Rove can contest----War hero, Secretary of the Navy under Reagan.

Yet, as I listened to his plan to campaign in Virginia against the 20 million dollar campaign of his opponent, my only thoughts were "if this guy loses, it is Leiberman's fault." If we lose this shot at taking back the Senate, taking back the House, it is all the fault of Joe Leiberman.

All the dollars, all the energy, all the resources to fight Joe Leiberman should be going elsewhere - whether it is Webb in Virginia, or Tester, or even Jack Carter in Nevada.  

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The winds of change - they are a-blowin' hard out here in the heartland, no matter how much Washington, D.C. pretends they aren't. Tonight, in a major upset, populist Democratic State Senate President Jon Tester crushed his primary opponents, becoming the Democratic nominee against vulnerable incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT). Tester, a farmer from Big Sandy, ran against the Washington Establishment, ignoring those who said he couldn't beat State Auditor John Morrison (D) - the candidate that Democratic Party powerbrokers in Washington tried to anoint.

In fairness, I think both Tester and Morrison are good Democrats. But, as I saw when I was at Tester's announcement speech last year, and I learned in talking with Tester during the campaign, this is a guy who clearly and unabashedly represents the populist wing of his party (I tried as best as I could to publicly stay out of the primary out of deference to the state party that didn't want to further enflame the already divisive primary battle). His victory will likely send yet more shockwaves through the increasingly insulated and isolated Democratic Establishment in Washington.

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Which race do you most want to win on June 6?   For me, it's Francine Busby in the CA-50.  Aside from gaining the seat, I'd love to have the media frenzy over what it might portend for the Democrats in November.

Other races of note on Tuesday are the Montana Senate primary between Tester and Morrison and the California gubernatorial primary between Phil Angelides and Steve Westly.  There are probably others that are below my radar screen or that I've forgotten.

So, what do you think?

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