Edit: Grading Hoffman’s index on curve
In a weekend editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments:
The Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Wayne Hoffman flunked nearly half of the Idaho Legislature.
So can you blame Rep. John Rusche, D-Lewiston, for grading on the curve?
Locked in a tight re-election battle with Republican Mike Kingsley, Rusche is reminding constituents that his voting record is not much different than many, if not most, of the GOP lawmakers - at least according to Hoffman’s Freedom Index.
As did all 14 House Democrats and all seven Democrats in the Senate.
So did 13 of the 28 Senate Republicans.
And 15 of the 56 House Republicans.
That put Rusche in the same category as House Speaker Scott Bedke, R- Oakley, President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, the co-chairwomen of the Legislature’s budget-writing committee, Sen. Shawn
Keough, R-Sandpoint, and Rep. Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, as well as Sen. Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, who is his party’s hope for the Idaho Supreme Court.
In fact, Rusche’s numerical score of 48 percent was higher than all but three Democrats and bested such Republicans as Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, and House Health and Welfare Committee Chairman Fred Wood, R-Burley. More here.
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