"Jones is from Idaho. He made clear he’d voted for Bush at least once. But he’s now had it with 'my-way-or-the-highway politics' and the same old faces. 'I’m 25 and for my entire life a Bush or a Clinton has been in the executive office, either as vice-president or president' he said. 'The United States is not about dynasties.' He’s drawn to Obama’s environmental proposals, his honesty, and what he called 'the fact he symbolizes for me that we are at a point where we do not have to think about skin color.' Other Idaho Republican friends were also leaning toward Obama, Jones said"/Roger Cohen, New York Times. More here.

Marianne Love: Bryant Jones that you'll read about in the column is the son of the late Jeff Jones, former CDA and Sandpoint city attorney, and Judge Debra Heise. Slight Detour post about Bryant Jones

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