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Candidates Floated to Replace Embattled Sen. Larry Craig {Lt. Gov. Jim Risch ?}
FoxNews ^ | 8/31/7

Posted on 08/31/2007 1:38:06 PM PDT by SmithL

WASHINGTON —  Idahoans are beginning to coalesce around Lt. Gov. as the consensus candidate to replace Sen. FOX News has learned, and the Idaho Statesman is reporting that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has made Risch his choice.

Craig, a Republican, pleaded guilty earlier this month to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct after being arrested in a men's restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On Tuesday, Craig denied he did anything wrong but is facing a rapidly strengthening move to force him out of office.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 110th; butchotter; craig; jimrisch; larrycraig
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1 posted on 08/31/2007 1:38:09 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
Haven't heard about him but I'm sure of one thing: Idaho deserves better than Larry Craig.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 08/31/2007 1:39:46 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SmithL
"...Otter has made Risch his choice."

Just hope that Risch doesn't have any skeletons in his closet. Or whoever they may pick.

3 posted on 08/31/2007 1:41:04 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: SmithL
Jim Risch and his wife Vicki:


"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 08/31/2007 1:41:45 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SmithL

We might as well keep Larry Craig . If Governor Otter appoints Risch . I will quit GOP .


5 posted on 08/31/2007 1:41:57 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. F Troop)
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To: kbennkc
What do you have against him, specifically? Just curious.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

6 posted on 08/31/2007 1:42:59 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Spunky

Amen! Let’s make sure any replacement he isn’t a perv-drug addick-drunk-abusive etc. Let’s make sure we have one clean honcho! We might as well hand over the keys to the dems with some of these picks we’ve had like Foley-Craig etc.


7 posted on 08/31/2007 1:43:14 PM PDT by LYSandra
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To: kbennkc

What’s the deal with Risch?


8 posted on 08/31/2007 1:43:40 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: SmithL
I nominate this guy.


9 posted on 08/31/2007 1:44:22 PM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

C, I believe you called this one a couple of days ago.


10 posted on 08/31/2007 1:44:36 PM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah (Catholic4Mitt)
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To: SmithL
Floated by Otter?

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11 posted on 08/31/2007 1:45:30 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: goldstategop

He looks a bit like Bush ‘41, don’t you think?


12 posted on 08/31/2007 1:46:14 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (I practice Calorie Offset Trading: I eat a candy bar then pay my kid $10 to run around the block)
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To: kbennkc
If Governor Otter appoints Risch . I will quit GOP .

Let me guess... you tried to touch shoes with him and you were spurned?...

13 posted on 08/31/2007 1:47:09 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited

Jeff Head gets my vote.


14 posted on 08/31/2007 1:50:00 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: IM2MAD

Isn’t his name a problem, given the Craig shenanigans?


15 posted on 08/31/2007 1:53:51 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: expatpat
You mean it sounds too much like... risk? As Captain Kirk would say, "Risk Is Our Business." In politics as well as in life.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

16 posted on 08/31/2007 1:55:21 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: kbennkc

A mediocre lawyer , becomes mediocre prosecutor . Check the career track of any of these police state people. Appointed this , appointed for that vacancy , can’t run on his own . He will lose the seat due to his weakness . Where do the crummy law students go ? Prosecuting Attorneys everyone . Ask any good lawyer . Could Rudy have made it to the top in private practice ? Political advancement by being an opportunistic sycophant . Butch knows this guy is weak and I do not believe he will do this to the State of Idaho nor to the GOP .


17 posted on 08/31/2007 1:56:01 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. F Troop)
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To: kbennkc

I do know that he is a hunter. He had a gun done by my gunsmith.


18 posted on 08/31/2007 1:56:54 PM PDT by Idaho Whacko
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To: goldstategop

No, I was referring to IM2MAD’s suggestion of Jeff Head.


19 posted on 08/31/2007 1:58:28 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: kbennkc
I've yet to hear of a statewide GOP candidate losing in The Spud State. Its so Red the Democrats barely have an organization to speak of.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

20 posted on 08/31/2007 1:59:16 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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