Will Montana’s Town Hall Stay Cool?

By Beacon Staff

That’s what POLITICO asks Friday in a story on its Web site. President Barack Obama’s recent New Hampshire town hall was a low-key affair, especially compared to many of his Democratic colleagues’ recent forums. But what about in Bozeman? <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26106_Page2.html" title="POLITICO writes:”>POLITICO writes:

Obama’s luck could change Friday afternoon, when he is scheduled to meet an audience in a conservative suburb in the red state of Montana. For one thing, tickets were handed out Thursday on a first-come, first-served basis at two local city halls – a far more immediate process than the White House’s usual Web-based system. And Bozeman is hardly the liberal Seacoast in the Democratic-leaning state of New Hampshire where Obama held court Tuesday.