JF: What Semanko Shoulda Said

Once again, the Idaho Republican Party has shown that it is the party of ideas, leading the way. It is the party of so many ideas, in fact, that most of them contradict each other. Some Republicans support raising the gas tax to finance road repair, and some Republicans don’t. Some come to Boise to praise public school teachers, and some come to bury them. Some think restaurateurs should be able to offer you a cocktail before dinner, and some think you’ve had enough already. Some think Idaho should spend federal stimulus dollars to relieve the effects of a serious economic recession, and some think Idaho should tell Uncle Sam to get lost, as soon as he mails the farm subsidy checks/ Jim Fisher , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

• Rumor control /Clayton Cramer
• What’s in a legacy /Dennis Mansfield
• Splains a lot /Fort Boise
• It’s up to you, protect yourself /Free In Idaho!
• Wardrobe ruling in exotic case /MountainGoat Report

Question: Most of us realize the 2009 Legislature stunk it up. We’ve focused on the “losers” in the latest Capitol Go Round. Who were the winners emerging from the session?