David Bond, whose father, Dick, was a longtime legislator from Washington’s 6th District, is one of many Idaho Republicans turned off by the current crop of GOP state and county candidates. In his latest Wallace Street Journal column rant, Bond boasts of his pedigree as the son of a Republican “troglodyte” who plans to “pull a straight Democrat lever come next month’s county and state elections.” Bond said he respects and admires Republican Gov. Butch Otter and his wife, Lori, “but the reality is that loonies are running the asylum.” Quoth Bond: “Never in Idaho politics has extremism so suffused Idaho’s governance.” Bond reserves his harshest words for the religious right, whom he portrays as “vicious” and pharisaical. He concludes: “Let’s toss the Pharisees out. If we have to replace them with Democrats, sorry Dad, so be it.” Unfortunately, Bond isn’t exaggerating about the lack of good Republican candidates in Idaho this fall, particularly Kootenai County/DFO, SR Sunday Huckleberries. More here.

Question: Do you plan to vote a straight ticket for either major party this year?