Idaho Dems Target GOP Positions

Since their summer convention in Boise, Idaho Democrats have spread out across the state to start campaigning. Campaigning saying what? What they said at their convention is in part a reflection of Republican electoral success: A good deal of the platform is a refutation of 2010 Idaho Republican convention positions. There’s this, for example, from the party’s platform preamble – actually, this is almost half of it: “We reject closed, private elections and voter intimidation. We demand that we continue direct election of US Senators. We reject unwanted government intrusion into medical decisions. We recognize the need for a modern federal banking system, and reject a return to the gold standard as inconsistent with a 21st century economy. We reject the position that state governments have an arbitrary right to nullify federal laws, a position that was settled nearly 150 years ago through bloody conflict.” Probably a majority of Idahoans would agree to that point. But as for clearly saying what Idaho Democrats are for, as distinct from Republican expressions of broader policy, that’s an old proble/ Randy Stapilus , Ridenbaugh Press. More here.

Question: Can Idaho Republicans remain confident that their faithful will continue to follow despite some extreme positions embedded in their party platform?