GOP Clerk Picks: Brannon, Also Rans

Item: Kootenai County GOP picks Brannon, Handeen, Isaacson as county clerk nominees /Jeff Selle, Coeur d’Alene Press

DFO: It’s obvious that someone behind the scenes set this up to make Jim Brannon the easy choice for county commissioners. There were people on the list far more acceptable to the vast majority of county voters politically than the 2 wing men that the dominant Tea Party/Ron Pauler wing of the local Republicans put forward with Brannon. Hammond. Raffee. Currie. This vote should make it obvious to the vast majority of Kootenai County residents who don’t gulp tea that the local Republican Party is not to be trusted with political decisions. County commissioners could make a statement by refusing to appoint anyone on this list, forcing the GOP Central Committee to make the choice and casting serious questions about the Central Committee’s judgment. HucksOnline story, comments thread here.

Question: Do you believe that these three men were the most qualified individuals among the eight names put forward?