HBO’s Best of the Idaho Political Blogs — 6/21/07

Boise business executive Walter C. Minnick has at least two people making phone calls to Democratic party opinion leaders, exploring support for a possible run against Congressman Bill Sali (above), in Idaho’s First Congressional District. Several people who have received the calls confirmed this information with NewWest.Net/Boise. Click here — Jill Kuraitis /New West Boise.

*After 1826 posts and 100,000 unique views, Tom Forbes and the conservative Palousitics blog is celebrating its second anniversary here .

*Growing up, Bubblehead /The Stupid Shall Be Punished enjoyed summer and outdoors. But now summer means warm rooms and higher A/C bills. He prefers fall and football here .

* Julie Fanselow /Red State Rebels didn’t think much of the column by Dan Popkey/Idaho Statesman in which he laid much of the blame for Larry Grant’s loss to Bill Sali in the 2006 congressional race — at Grant’s door step here . IdahoBlue shares his thoughts about Popkey’s article here .

*Opinion Editor Kevin Richert /Idaho Statesman sez the National Arbor Day Foundation could save many trees by cutting down on its mailing list to the country’s journalists here .

Meanwhile, A Seattleite in Idaho is moving to Vegas here , Dennis Mansfield’s getting national attention with his ministry to ex-inmates here , and The Mountain Goat Report looks at recent Bill Sali votes here ,