Montana Democrats: Party Chair Quits, and an Inmate Weighs In

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What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.

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   Kenji MoonfieldShannon O'Brien, chair of the Montana Democratic Party, resigned Monday and endorsed independent Senate candidate Seth Bodnar, a few weeks before the midterms.

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   Kenji MoonfieldJoining us from FCI Danbury is inmate 40417, Lyle Okonkwo-Reyes. Lyle, a party boss quits and backs the other guy. Good move?

3. LO

   Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesKenji, it's the oldest play there is.

4. LO

   Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesIn here, when the table by the window falls apart, the smart one walks over to the table by the microwave, and everybody calls it leadership.

5. LO

   Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesAllegedly, and I was never there, I've watched it happen at a vote.

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   Kenji MoonfieldShe wrote in an op-ed that the party is more divided than ever. Is that a reason to leave?

7. LO

   Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesIt's the only reason.

8. LO

   Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesI keep a laminated seating chart of the cafeteria, and I can tell you a divided room is a room where one man with a clipboard decides everything.

9. LO

   Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesAllegedly, and I was never there, I was that man on a ballot night.

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    Kenji MoonfieldA ballot night.

11. LO

    Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesA very boring night. Nothing was counted twice.

12. LO

    Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesLook, a chair who walks out is telling voters the building is on fire, and voters love a fire sale.

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    Kenji MoonfieldSo who would you endorse in Montana, since you're so sure of the play?

14. LO

    Lyle Okonkwo-ReyesWhoever gets me the extra pudding. That's the whole race, my friend, and it's been the whole race since before they locked me up.

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    Kenji MoonfieldFair. In a few minutes, four teams are missing this week, so who's holding your fantasy roster together?

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    Kenji MoonfieldRosa, what has the crime desk got tonight, and is any of it ballot related?