In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune jeers ... Idaho Republican Party Chairman Steve Yates.

"Last week, he all but told President Barack Obama to go home during the presidential visit to Boise. Now he's followed it up with a fundraising letter accusing Obama of coming to Idaho 'without meeting with our elected leaders or hearing what the people of Idaho had to say.' Did he fail to notice that Idaho's all-Republican congressional delegation chose to remain in Washington, D.C., last week? Did he somehow miss Lt. Gov. Brad Little - filling in for a post-operative Otter - welcoming the president to the state? Did Yates not see the olive branch Obama extended to members of his party? Yates apparently does not appreciate Idahoans' fine sense of hospitality -- even toward a president they did not support. But Yates is a carpetbagger from Maryland. What would you expect?" Full Cheers & Jeers column here.

Question: Do you think political operatives like Yates forget what they say from one week to the next?