No one calls him Mr. Speaker or Speaker Bedke. There are no lobbyists lining up outside his office for 15-minute blocks of his time, no lawmakers trying to get his attention. Other than a handful of reporters who make the drive to the small town south of Burley and an occasional resident who pulls him aside to talk about issues, everyone leaves him alone. Watching him drive his Ford F150 around Oakley’s quiet streets, you wouldn’t know he was one of the most quoted men in Idaho media for the first three months of the year. A month after the close of the session, Oakley gives Speaker of the House Scott Bedke a chance to reflect on how he did during his first term as speaker — and to think about the future. Does that future include a run for higher office? Bedke hasn’t ruled it out, he said/Melissa Davlin, Twin Falls Times-News. More here.

Question: Who did the better job as speaker -- Scott Bedke or Lawerence Denney?