Gov. Butch Otter, left, and Congressman Raul Labrador shared a laugh during the GOP bus tour of North Idaho Friday. But during the GOPrimary, Labrador backed Otter's opponent, Russ Fulcher. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)

In the Lewiston Tribune this weekend, editorialist Marty Trillhaase writes: "For Idaho's Republican heavyweights, getting together to crisscross the state the final weeks of the campaign is a time-tested strategy. Get everyone on board - state officers, legislators, members of Congress. Who knows? They may even find room for the party's new finance chairman, former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig. Then get out the word: Vote a straight ticket for the unified Republican team. There's just one problem. Unity is in short supply. Has anyone forgotten that Congressman Raul Labrador almost challenged Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter, only to back his GOP primary opponent, state Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian? Before he bagged the GOP nomination for secretary of state with 37 percent of the vote in a four-way race, his party left state Rep. Lawerence (Boss) Denney, R-Midvale, for dead - making him the first sitting House speaker to get ditched." More here. (Duane Rasmussen photo: former lieutenant governor Jack Riggs and current Lt. Gov. Brad Little at the veterans plaza at McEuen Park Friday)

Question: Do you think all the Republican candidates on the North Idaho bus tour Friday were happy together?

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