Some sports have a mercy rule, which ends games when one team has an embarrassingly large lead. Idaho politics might need one, because some Republicans are determined to run up the score. Take the redistricting controversy, for example. Currently, Republicans occupy 85 of the 105 legislative seats. Plus, all of the statewide officeholders are Republicans. Few states can boast stronger one-party rule. So no matter how creative redistricting gets, the electoral whippings will continue. That’s not good enough for House Speaker Lawerence Denney and Idaho Republican Party Chairman Norm Semanko, who tried to bench two Republican members of the redistricting commission in part because they weren’t trying hard enough to extend that 85-20 Statehouse lead over the next 10 years/Spokesman-Review Editorial Board. More here.

Question (for Republicans & conservatives): Are you bothered by the ethics problems and strong-arm tactics of Idaho GOP leadership?