The LA Times reports: "It was Hillary Rodham Clinton's night at the Democratic National Convention, but party activists got a glimpse Tuesday of a surprising new breakout star: a jovial, round-faced warrior with a bolo tie who managed to attack Republicans while keeping a smile on his face. The unlikely partisan gladiator was Brian Schweitzer, who in 2004 became Montana's first Democratic governor in decades. Schweitzer, 52, won his office by eschewing partisanship -- campaigning as a pro-gun conservative with a Republican running mate. But on Tuesday he raised the roof at the Pepsi Center by exhorting thousands of party activists to "get off your hind end" and cheer for the demise of GOP rule."
Today, Schweitzer (a farmer and rancher whose Border Collie, "Jag", usually follows him to work every day) was greeted with a rock star reception everywhere he went in Denver. For Markos Moulitsas, he bestowed the ultimate honor - "knighting" him with one of his famous bolo ties.
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