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Jun 30, 2008 Young Democrats active again By Diana M. Painter The Idaho Young Democrats held a caucus meeting Thursday June 12, 2008 at the Idaho Democratic Convention in Boise. Matt Kopydlowski organized the caucus in just a few weeks. Honestly, when he came up with this idea, I was scared. I’ve been to statewide young Dems meetings... more...
Jun 25, 2008 Democrats will continue to find partners for conservation With summer in full swing, Idahoans are outside and enjoying all the natural beauty state has to offer, even if skyrocketing gasoline prices mean they have to stay closer to home. Almost anywhere in Idaho, you don’t have to drive through pastoral family farm and ranch country on the way to a... more...
Jun 24, 2008 Idaho Democrats Elect a New Executive Committee At the 2008 Idaho Democratic Convention, the elected leaders of the party – county chairs, state committeemen and state committeewomen and legislative chairs – met and elected 12 of the 23 members of the Idaho Democratic Party Executive Committee. They renewed their commitment to help strengthen... more...
Jun 24, 2008 House Parties – fun, grassroots way to raise funds A well-run house party can add excitement to a campaign and is an easy way to meet new people and encourage them to invest their time and money. Republicans prefer big dollar events where lobbyists, corporations and PACs improve their access to the candidate while funding their campaign. more...
Jun 20, 2008 State helped GOP lawmakers get to party convention BOISE – Four Republican legislators from southern Idaho didn’t have to pay their own airfares to attend the recent state GOP convention in Sandpoint, because they attended a legislative meeting in North Idaho that conveniently concluded the day before the conventio more...
Jun 20, 2008 IDP initiates blogger summit (OK, cocktails at Bardenay will do!) BOISE, Idaho -- While most convention goers were out hitting the town for a Taste of Boise last Friday night, Idaho State Democratic Party Chairman Keith Roark met for refreshments with an handful of Idaho's increasingly important new media communicators. Roark and IDP Communications Director... more...
Jun 20, 2008 Post-Convention Remarks by Chairman Roark By R. Keith Roark Idaho State Democratic Party Chairman As I looked out from the convention podium last Saturday onto the hundreds of bright and eager faces our convention delegates I truly had to choke back my emotion. I was looking at hundreds of faces that formed a single face –... more...
Jun 18, 2008 Idaho Race Gets Personal The launch of Rex Rammell's Senate bid didn't go as planned. The mud pit and the monster trucks were an insurmountable distraction. The would-be supporters were too drunk to think about the election. He quickly gave up hope of even delivering a speech. more...
Jun 14, 2008 Idaho Delegate Selection Results Here are the results of the convention election for delegates to the national convention in Denver in August: more...
Jun 7, 2008 Minnick Campaign: Sali voted against rural Idaho Bill Sali today voted against a bill providing critical funding for schools, law-enforcement agencies and local governments in rural Idaho counties, which now face potential financial ruin. "The people of Idaho sent Bill Sali to Washington to represent their interests," said John Foster,... more
Jun 7, 2008 Tax Commission Inquiry In the past few days, a whistleblower report by a state employee has made serious charges against the Idaho Tax Commission. First of all, the Idaho Tax Commission is comprised of both Republican and Democratic appointees, as required by law. The report comes from an auditor who has worked... more...
May 30, 2008 Primary Election Postmortem By Chuck Oxley I just want to give you a few humble observations from my vantage point as communications director here at the Idaho Democratic Party. Jim Hansen, your new executive director, and I have been having some good water-cooler conversations about what information we can learn from... more...
May 14, 2008 Another Republican refuses to debate Idaho's 1st District Congressman Bill Sali has backed out of an Idaho Public Television Debate. more...
Jan 13, 2008 Communities should have the power to establish local-option sales tax to fund public transit systems David Langhorst: Communities should have the power to establish local-option sales tax to fund public transit systems Nobody knows our traffic congestion problem here in the Treasure Valley better than the people who drive our roads everyday. The same is true in... more
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