{"id":379101,"date":"2010-03-02T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/?p=77977"},"modified":"2010-03-02T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T11:00:42","slug":"1-brian-schweitzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/379101","title":{"rendered":"1. Brian Schweitzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_77978\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 490px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/schweitzer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-77978\" title=\"Schweitzer\" src=\"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/schweitzer-480x322.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.) (EPA\/ZUMAPRESS.com)\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.) (EPA\/ZUMAPRESS.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As governor of Montana, Schweitzer doesn&#8217;t represent one of the most  highly populated, high-profile electoral states in the country. But this  farmer\/rancher may just be the president&#8217;s best option right now for a  populist partner.<\/p>\n<p>Yeas: Schweitzer, a self-proclaimed  &#8220;pickup-driving, gun-loving&#8221; Democrat, possesses the appealing centrist  profile that could strengthen Obama&#8217;s efforts to court moderate  Democrats and independents. Additionally, as head of the Democratic  Governors Association, giving speeches in <a id=\"jrhk\" title=\"bolo ties, jeans, and cowboy boots\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/thefix\/eye-on-2008\/brian-schweitzer-eyes-the-futu.html\">bolo ties, jeans,  and cowboy boots<\/a>, Schweitzer has created a national profile for  himself. Schweitzer is also term-limited in 2012 and will be formulating  his next career move. Right now, he&#8217;s one of the most popular governors  in the country, as far as approval ratings go.<\/p>\n<p>Nays: Schweitzer  and Obama have openly been at odds on several issues, including when  the governor asked the administration to force GM to honor a contract in  Montana. Schweitzer&#8217;s request was not heeded. And all quirkiness aside,  Schweitzer&#8217;s more moderate positions on gun control and other issues is  likely to displease some liberals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/77993\/wanted-politician-with-populist-cred\" >Click here to replay slideshow.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.) (EPA\/ZUMAPRESS.com) As governor of Montana, Schweitzer doesn&#8217;t represent one of the most highly populated, high-profile electoral states in the country. But this farmer\/rancher may just be the president&#8217;s best option right now for a populist partner. Yeas: Schweitzer, a self-proclaimed &#8220;pickup-driving, gun-loving&#8221; Democrat, possesses the appealing centrist profile that could strengthen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5036,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}