Uninvited no more
KTVB caught some flack when it refused to allow some members of the media, including the Associated Press and the Idaho Statesman, into its Republican primary debate for U.S. Senate in May. This time...
View ArticleMinnick declares victory; Sali still counting votes
Idaho businessman Walt Minnick, a conservative Democrat, has snatched a Republican House seat from Idaho Rep. Bill Sali, according to the state’s now complete, but unofficial vote totals.Minnick...
View ArticleSali concedes
Idaho Rep. Bill Sali did finally concede the election to Walt Minnick late Wednesday, leaving what's described as a "gracious and heartfelt message" on Minnick's voicemail.Sali spokesman Wayne Hoffman...
View ArticleMinnick Chief of Staff out
From BW correspondent Scott Weaver: U.S. Representative Walt Minnick's office confirmed today that Minnick's chief of staff Isaac Squyres has left the position a little more than a month after Idaho's...
View ArticleObama's schemer
The guy who has Karl Rove's old job—deputy chief of staff to the president—was in Boise last weekend as a guest of the Idaho Democratic Party ... and of his mother in Nampa.While Jim Messina, 39,...
View ArticleWorkers’ choice
The Idaho Senate delved into national labor politics this morning, passing a resolution opposing the Employee Free Choice Act. The Act, which is just short a vote or three in the U.S. Senate, would...
View ArticlePoliticos weigh in on tea bagging
While Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch sent boastful letters to Idaho Tea Partiers this week, and Rep. Mike Simpson sent good tidings as well, Idaho Democrats had a a message for the throngs as...
View ArticleMinnick on the PBS News Hour
News Hour Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser followed Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick to the Caldwell Night Rodeo and around Nampa and Caldwell for a report that aired last night on health care reform...
View ArticleMinnick, Simpson Groveside Chat
Idaho’s Congressmen, Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick appeared side-by-side at City Club of Boise last week, agreeing with one another an awful lot and even joking about who should sit on the right side...
View ArticleMinnick Up $1 Million for the Year
Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick has raised more than $1 million for his presumed re-election bid in 2010. Raising $286,727.55 in the last three months, Minnick is far eclipsing the two Republican contenders...
View ArticleMinnick to Vote No on House Health Care Bill
Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick just released the following statement indicating he will vote against the House's Affordable Health Care for America Act:“Over the last several months, I have met with thousands...
View ArticleMinnick: Open Internet with Reservations
Between January and September 2009, phone and cable companies spent an estimated $75 million on 500 Washington lobbyists. One of the key issues at stake in the first two years of Obama's presidency is...
View ArticleBoise Tweet Eighth Most Powerful of 2010
A post-election Tweet fired off on Nov. 3 made Twitter's list of the 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010. @foster208—aka John Foster outside the Twitterverse—who served as Rep. Walt Minnick's campaign...
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