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Wild Card/Thursday — 9.24.09

Huckleberries hears ... that the candidates' debate at the GOP Central Committee meeting was unorganized, at best. Seems the candidates cooled their heels outside the courthouse while someone looked for a key. Seems the time-keeping was uneven. And some of the questions were unorthodox, like one in which a Repub asked Mayor Sandi Bloem where should stood on the 10th Amendment. At one point, challenger Dan Gookin told the R's that he was looking for bipartisan support from Dems and Independents, too. And challenger Jim Brannon responded later that he wanted bipartisan support but "I expect Republican support." So goes life during the Pachydermization of city politics. Now for your Wild Card ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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