Idaho lawmakers rushed through a bill to pay $100,000 to the Idaho Republican Party - to which 81 percent of them belong - in the final days of this year's legislative session, to cover the party's attorney fees in its successful primary election lawsuit against the state. Though it's not uncommon for prevailing parties to get their legal fees paid in a federal civil rights case, what's very unusual is how the Idaho GOP set up its fee arrangement with its attorney - a rare “contingent fee” deal in which only the taxpayers would have to pay, not the party, regardless of the outcome/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.

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Question: What do you make of this rush to pay off the Idaho Republican Party for the closed-primaries suit?