Item: Idaho Republicans might expand endorsements/AP

More Info: Idaho's Republican Central Committee has been discussing a plan to start endorsing candidates in nonpartisan elections and will consider it again in May. Tim Urling, an Idaho Falls insurance salesman and committee member, said endorsing candidates in nonpartisan races could help elect candidates who are in line with the party's beliefs. "I sincerely believe the job of government is to protect our rights and that's all," Urling told the Post Register. But U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, said it would be a mistake for the party to start making those types of endorsements because positions such as city council seats are nonpartisan for a reason.

Question: Do you think Idaho's political parties should endorse in municipal races?