Over the past few days there has been some speculation about who is running and writing for Copper Commando.

James Conner over at the Flathead Memo associated us with Montana Floodlight and the “Responsible Republicans.” Thanks for welcoming us to the Montana political blogosphere and including us on your blogroll James!

Don Pogreba said we were an operation of the so-called MT GOP Young Guns.

In light of all the curiosity, please allow us to provide some insight.  Copper Commando is an extremely anonymous blog, more so than other blogs in the state. Writers submit content via a watered-down, WikiLeaks-style pastebin. Anyone who knows where to find the bin and submission link can submit completely anonymous content—not even the site moderators know who submitted any given post unless explicitly told by the author(s).

It is ultimately up to the moderators to decide what goes on this site (sorry Pogie, Cowgirl, Hilltop, etc, we won’t publish left-wing hackery), but the purpose of Copper Commando is to provide a platform for discussion of any ideas, news, or commentary from any of the Montana Republican “factions.” [ed: as long as it is well written]

Pogie is correct in saying that Copper Commando is associated with the MT GOP Young Guns. I know some of us have already posted here, but there is no way for the moderators to know the age of the writer when they submit a post. The site was not created by the “Responsible Republicans” as James Connor guessed; there is nothing preventing them from posting as well, as long as they know where to paste their article. Considering the requisite posting info has been shared with numerous Montana Republicans, and continues to become more widespread, I have no doubt that someone will submit a “Responsible Republican” post down the road.

I cannot tell you how many of us there are because the structure of the site makes it impossible for me to know that information. I know who I am. I know who one other poster is, and can speculate on a couple of the others. Beyond that, Copper Commando is the Montana Republican Party of all stripes, shapes, sizes, colors, campaigns, religious beliefs, gender orientations, power factions, interest groups, activists, trolls, introverts, extroverts, rich, poor, females, males……………..you get the point.

We are focused on ideas, news, and issues. We are not concerned with our own egos or name ID.

[ed: We will also at times post opposing viewpoints.  The party is not homogenous and there is no reason to deprive our audience of different approaches to a subject.]