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Gov. Steve Bullock is going through Lt. Governors faster than movie fans go through popcorn. Today Angela McLean announced she’s stepping down as Bullock’s Lt. Gov. to take a job in education. Bullock did not name a replacement.
As readers may recall, earlier this month I picked up adumbrations that knives were out for her:
Suppose, however, that Tester retires and Bullock wins the election to replace him. Montana would have a new governor, Angela McLean, Montana’s current Lt. Governor, if Bullock keeps her on the ticket for 2016. I expect he will keep her on the ticket — his campaign website is Bullock-McLean — but I’m beginning to hear talk that there may be a move afoot to replace her on the ticket. Whether the rumored dump Angela movement originates in Bullock’s camp, or in the camp of someone who sees a possible shortcut to becoming governor is anyone’s guess. What I do know is that something is making some people around McLean uneasy.
First John Walsh. Now, Angela McLean. Bullock is down to his third strike. He’d better make contact with a winner this time — former Rep. Galen Hollenbaugh, for example — or voters will conclude he’s incapable of exercising good judgment in choosing people.
Greg Gianforte will celebrate the dumping of McLean. He has good reason to do that.