Do Latah County citizens really want two anti-public education Tea Party members to represent them in the Idaho Legislature? This year, high school dropout Isaac Young and disgruntled former teacher Gresham Bouma have taken advantage of the Tea Party movement to fuel their personal grudges against our public schools. If they are elected, your kids will pay the price. Tea Party enthusiast Young says he left Moscow High School because he was being “brainwashed.” He promises to eliminate all property and income taxes, but has little understanding of the consequences of his proposal. His Tea Party running mate and friend, Bouma, is a government-hating, theocracy-leaning activist who proudly joined a speaking tour and website with Rep. Phil Hart of Hayden Lake/Sen. Gary Schroeder, Moscow-Pullman Daily News letter to the editor. More here.

Question: Schroeder, a long-time Republican moderate from District 6, lost his re-election bid to Bouma in the GOPrimary, 57.5% to 42.5%. Do you view this letter of his as a warning against extremism or sour grapes?

But now comes Schroeder with another exhibit in the case against trusting Idaho to manage wolves responsibly. He admits the bill his Resources and Environment Committee introduced Monday is not seriously intended to export wolves to other states. But he says the absence of takers will be “the answer why we need to kill some.” The day he said this, Otter and the members of Idaho’s congressional delegation sent President Obama a letter asking him to remove the hold he put on a second delisting attempt and other last-minute moves by the Bush administration. The letter calls the president’s attention to what its authors call “the consensus-based example Idaho will set in executing its management plan.” Thanks to Schroeder’s stunt, Obama couldn’t be blamed if he concluded what the letter pointed to was a consensus of crazies/Jim Fisher, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Which aspect of the wolf situation is goofier — the federal government forcing Idaho to take the wolves in the first place? Or Schroeder’s tongue-in-cheek plan to ask other states to take our excess?