With Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz in tow, Matt Rosendale inches toward a run for Senate

Congressman Matt Rosendale didn’t declare his widely anticipated candidacy for the U.S. Senate at an event with fellow right-wing firebrand Matt Gaetz at a Helena hot spring this weekend.  But as Montana’s filing deadline on March 11 approaches, and tensions between Rosendale and the national Republicans attempting to keep him out of a competitive Senate race escalate, the gulf between expectation and reality seems to be narrowing. After all, Rosendale, an incumbent in the deep-red eastern Montana House district who won his last election by more than 30 points, likely wouldn’t need to emba