Trib: Raul Goes With The Flow

When he backed House Speaker John Boehner’s re-election earlier this year, Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador found himself in an unusual position — he was drawing heat from his right flank. Reliable conservative fans — such as St. Maries Republican Ken De Vries — now were complaining that the Tea Party darling had thrown “his most ardent conservative supporters under the bus and he is laughing about it.” It didn’t help that Labrador had broken a cardinal rule of politics - occupying both sides of an issue. Two years ago, he joined in an abortive coup against the speaker. And as soon as he cast his lot with Boehner this time, Labrador began backing away — assuring his friends the vote ” … is not an endorsement of his past leadership”/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

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