Huckleberries hears …

That Republican Paul Amador received a cool reception last night when he spoke to the local GOTP Central Committee meeting last night. Amador talked about his conservative values. But some heavy hitters on the local party’s Hard Right weren’t having it. They quizzed him on his party credentials and residency. How long have you been a Republican? How long have you lived in Coeur d’Alene. (Not that any of that mattered when Toby Schindelbeck ran against state Rep. Luke Malek a few years back.) So what happened to the idea that Republicans fall in line behind the party nominee? In Kootenai County, that only works if you genuflect to the correct tin gods in the party.