I believe that there exists a small haven of GOP malcontents in Kootenai County (CdA) that has NEVER gotten over the fact that Raul Labrador won the Primary over a candidate supported by them. The long knives are not yet obvious, but the tips of the bayonets are showing. I received a couple blog comments recently (since removed) from some folks from that area -- and it got me thinking. Raul's win in the GOP Primary was so devastating to many of the GOP stalwarts that it put them in a funk from which they just never exited. I look at those CdA GOP-ites who DID come forward to successfully propel Labrador's victory in 2010 and the list reads like a who's who from the Helen Chenoweth/Dennis Mansfield/Bill Sali races of 1994-2006. ... Yet, there were those who sat on their hands...and who vigorously opposed (and oppose, still) Labrador because ... because ... Because he is Raul Labrador - and because he won/Dennis Mansfield. More here.

• Happy Emancipation Day from Uncle Sam/Kevin Richert
• Two years post Post-Intelligencer/Randy Stapilus
• If all government operated this way/Johnson Report

Question: Is Dennis right? Do some Coeur d'Alene/Kootenai County GOPers still despise Rep-elect Raul Labrador?