Trib: Risch damage worse than Otter’s

In an editorial, the Lewiston Tribune comments:

“As much harm as Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has delivered during his 12-year run — whether it’s cronyism, education cuts or botched contracts — he cannot approach the damage Jim Risch inflicted in only eight months.

“Ten years ago - long before he left Idaho to become its junior U.S. senator in Washington, D.C. - Risch was serving as the state’s lieutenant governor. When President George W. Bush tapped Gov. Dirk Kempthorne for interior secretary, Risch filled the vacant term and was second banana no more.