Carlson: Making of a RINO

Chris Carlson/Carlson Chronicle comments:

Republicans across Idaho are going to be thrilled to learn they have a new recruit to their ranks——yours truly.  Yes, I know the few Democrats left standing in Idaho are not going to understand. Some will say “good riddance” because they know, like many Idahoans, I vote more as an independent, have never voted a straight party ticket, that friendship and the person take precedence over party.

I call myself  a “business” or “Andrus Democrat.”  I’m a fiscal conservative and a social liberal who believes government exists to help the many who through no fault of their own need assistance.  We have to pay as we go, though.  On the federal level we simply cannot sustain the unbalanced budgets we make and the money we spend while pretending we’re not saddling our children with debt that will restrict inevitably their quality of life. More here.