PS: Otter visits CdA, bullish on Trump

Running on little sleep after a trade mission to China followed by Tuesday’s election, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter was buoyant Wednesday about a Donald Trump presidency, the state’s lively economy and plans to better prepare its workforce.

“I’m bullish. I’m really optimistic on a Trump administration,” Otter said in remarks to several hundred businesspeople and community leaders in Coeur d’Alene.

The billionaire businessman’s victory over Hillary Clinton “was, if not a mandate, at least a manifestation we didn’t want things to go on that were going on,” the governor said.

He also expressed gratitude for the Electoral College giving voice to states with smaller populations. Without it, Idaho would have little influence on national elections, Otter said/Scott Maben, SR. More here.