Businesses Back Mainstream Repubs

Since last week, pro-business groups like the Idaho Association of Realtors have pumped some $30,000 into campaigns of Republican incumbents facing libertarian-leaning rivals in the May 15 primary. In northern Idaho, Sen. Shawn Keough, of Sandpoint, and Rep. George Eskridge, of Dover, each banked at least $5,000 from donors including grocers, hospitals, insurers and real estate agents. Others to benefit were Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, of Huston, who faces Maurice Clements, a former Idaho GOP legislator in the 1970s who ran unsuccessfully as a Libertarian in 1988. Keough contends that pro-business groups have aligned themselves with incumbents like her because they’re concerned their rivals might have run as Libertarian or even Constitution Party candidates in the past. “The folks that are challenging the incumbents aren’t necessarily reflective of Main Street Republican values,” Keough said. “It’s indicative of what you’ve been seeing in terms of the split in the party the last four years”/ AP . More here.

Question: Should North Idaho businesses be concerned re: the prospect of a takeover of key elected offices by Right Wing RINOs?