Eye On Boise: “He … Is Not Breaking His Word”?
'Technically not breaking his word'
Greg Smith, an Idaho pollster and political consultant who once served as Craig’s regional director, said, “He technically is not breaking his word, but it is kind of strange that Sept. 30 will have come and gone and he’s going to stay put. I’m a little surprised by that.”
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Here’s a reaction to Sen. Craig’s statement today from longtime Idaho political scientist Jim Weatherby: “I think it leaves us all puzzling over the future of our senior senator, and leaves Idaho politics in general disarray as to who will be serving in the United States Senate in that position over the next several months. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise