Edit: Uber-cons Becoming Centrists

A year ago, it didn’t seem possible to find any daylight between the National Rifle Association and Idaho’s far-right fringe. What could be more popular with that crowd than putting concealed weapons into the hands of college students, staff and faculty - even when they never asked? In fact, the NRA’s guns on campus bill prevailed against their opposition — along with that of college presidents, the State Board of Education and professional law enforcement officers. How things can change. Now the gun rights lobbyist pushing Idaho’s political envelope isn’t the NRA’s Dakota Moore. It’s Greg Pruett with the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. Complete editorial here.

Question: Is that what has happened — that we have ventured so far to the right in regions of this state (cough, Kootenai County, North Idaho) that yesterday’s far-right fringe politician is today’s centrist?