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The Party is going up with a hard-hitting ad on Burns, reminding Montanans about the Jr Senator's ties to Jack again, but also noting his ties to big oil and $3 per gallon gasoline.

"Casino Jack Abramoff got everything he wanted from Burns, while Montanans get $3 gas," said Jim Farrell, Executive Director of the Montana Democratic Party. "Montanans are tired of loaning out one of their U.S. Senators to a convicted felon."

Meanwhile, Hotline got its hands on a poll showing Tester and Burns are in a dead heat....

Hotline Blog - Big Sky Tie

A Lake Research poll taken 6/20-6/26 for state Senate Pres. Jon Tester (D) shows him in a statistical tie with Sen. Conrad Burns (R), leading him 43%-42%, with 3% for the Libertarian and 12% undecided. That's a pretty good place for a Senate challenger to be only 4 months out from election day, though GOPers might note that Tester has actually held slightly larger leads in previous public polls. The Lake poll has quite a large sample size (1200 LVs, +/-2.8% MoE) and shows Burns with a fav/unfav of 46%/50% compared to Tester's 48%/18%.