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Big Idaho Guns Push Romney Visit

Monday's news of a new Pew Research Center poll putting Rick Santorum ahead of Mitt Romney among GOP voters and Tuesday's visit by Santorum to Coeur d'Alene and Boise brought out Idaho's big guns to shore up a state that Romney is heavily favored to win. The Romney campaign sent reporters notices of a conference call with Romney's Idaho co-chairs, Gov. Butch Otter and U.S. Sen. Jim Risch Monday night and Tuesday morning. Otter and Jim Risch will "discuss their support" for Romney and "why Mitt Romney is the right choice for Idaho," the campaign said. The call is scheduled for 11 a.m. MST. Romney will hold $2,500 and $1,000 per person fundraisers in Boise Friday. He has yet to announce a public event, but is expected to do so/Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman. More here. (Butch Otter and wife, Lori, applaud Mitt Romney at Elko, Nev., rally Feb. 3)

Question: Does Santorum's visit to Coeur d'Alene make you more apt to vote for him than Romney, who is supported by the Powers That Be in the state of Idaho?


Read more here: http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/02/14/idahopolitics/with_santorum_spending_a_full_day_idaho_otter_risch_pitch_report#storylink=cpy


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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