Question: Does This Make Minnick D Choice?

Thom George/Special to Huckleberries Online
DFO with former governor Cecil Andrus over his right shoulder.

Blunt-spoken former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus had this to say yesterday about why he’s now backing Walt Minnick for the 1st District congressional seat, though Minnick has joined a race that also includes Larry Grant, whom Andrus endorsed in the last election: “Our current incumbent in that office is ineffective, an embarrassment – not as big an embarrassment as Larry Craig, but almost. … This is a man that can win in the fall”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise Full post here .

Question: Have the D’s thrown Larry Grant under the bus? Does Cecil Andrus’s support make Walt Minnick the odds on favorite to win the Demo nomination? Do you agree with Andrus that Minnick can beat Sali. But (by deduction) Grant can’t? What’s going on here?