Sherri Ybarra, the Republican candidate for superintendent of schools in Idaho, claimed for months that she expected to get a doctorate in education in August. But in August, Ybarra had only been enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of Idaho for one semester. That month, she received an educational specialist degree, not a doctorate. Ybarra’s campaign spokeswoman, Melinda Nothern, said there was no intentional misrepresentation. “She’s been working toward this for a long time,” Nothern said, adding that Ybarra decided to apply some of her credits toward the lesser degree in August and keep working toward the doctorate. “She changed her mind,” Nothern said/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Do you think the various missteps by Ybarra are having a telling effect on the GOP diehard?