The Missoulian: GOP attack ad shows five-fingered Tester shaking Obama’s hand
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana isn’t happy about a Republican attack advertisement portraying him with all five fingers on his left hand – even though he lost three fingers in a childhood accident with a meat saw.
Tester, a first-term Democrat, is being challenged in his 2012 re-election by U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, one of the best-known Republicans in Montana. Polls have shown the race very tight, and it is expected to be among the most watched in the nation as the parties vie for control of the U.S. Senate.
Both Tester and Rehberg are expected to get plenty of outside help and money in a race that is already very heated early, and is expected to dominate Montana politics for the next 13 months.
