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GOP candidates aspire to Palin comparison
BOISE – Former Idaho Democratic congressional candidate Larry Grant was quoted by CQ Politics recently describing GOP 1st Congressional District hopeful Vaughn Ward as “a Sarah Palin Republican” and rival Raul Labrador as “a Bill Sali Republican,” and adding, “The moderate Republicans … won’t run because they know they can’t beat the ultraconservatives in the primary.” The two GOP rivals have lately been engaged in something of a contest in which each has tried to portray himself as more “conservative” than the other guy. CQ Politics was following up on an earlier Grant comment – repeated on several blogs – that Grant might jump into the race as a Republican, but Grant told the publication that was a joke, designed to make a point that “the moderate Republicans in this state have no place to go in their primary.”
Allred advocates direct citizen input
BOISE – Perhaps the oddest thing about Keith Allred, the newly announced Democratic candidate for governor of Idaho, is that he’s not a Democrat. He’s not a Republican either. Instead, the 45-year-old former Harvard professor and expert mediator is a passionate advocate for returning the nation to its founders’ vision of government by the people, of involving ordinary citizens in policymaking to skirt special interests, including political parties.
Speaker touts short session as capitol cost-saving plan
BOISE – Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney has sent out a memo to all House committee chairs and vice chairs asking them to take steps to wrap up the upcoming legislative session by April 1 to help the state save money. Denney said he’s “trying to encourage people to keep this session as short as possible, because with the holdbacks, we’re going to be, I think, fairly tight as well.”
Allred to challenge Otter
BOISE – A respected nonpartisan activist, former Harvard University professor and trained mediator stunned Idaho’s political establishment Thursday by filing to run against Republican Gov. Butch Otter as a Democrat. Keith Allred, founder of the citizen advocacy group The Common Interest, has been distinctly nonpartisan in his political agenda, which has included the successful drive to get the homeowner’s exemption from property taxes tied to the ups and downs of the real estate market.
Keith Allred to run against Idaho Gov. Otter
A respected non-partisan citizen activist, former Harvard professor and trained mediator stunned Idaho’s political establishment Thursday by filing to run against GOP Gov. Butch Otter as a Democrat.
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