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Nick: Risch Couldn’t Govern Way Out Of Bathroom Stall

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It's a joke that last year the Republicans pushed the property tax button and that's all most Idahoans screamed about--and have now forgotten. Just like they pushed the "senority" button for years to defend a third-rate senator like Craig. After all, Craig's senority only served to keep Idaho's economy in the 19th century, while obstructing any move to promote ideas and policies that would've helped Idaho adjust to a new economic reality. And now the Republicans are pushing your buttons again. Don't fall for Risch. He's nothing more than a slick trial lawyer with a good ad team. He made it look like he was a "doer", but it was all smoke and mirrors. Otter has undone almost everything Risch did--and he's moved the state forward on energy, corrections and efficiency in state gov't. I'm sure that Otter will be pulling for Risch, just to get him out of Idaho. Risch may be very good at politics, but he couldn't govern his way out of Minneapolis bathroom stall.

Nick Adams



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.