Ridenbaugh Press (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Sarah Palin You can see why, today, Idaho Republican Chair Norm Semanko said (on his new blog) he was of this mood: “Just minutes after hearing the news, I received a call from Dee Sarton with Channel 7 news in Boise. She asked how I was doing and my immediate response was ‘ecstatic’. That has been [...]
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
The following “Turnabout” by Norm Semanko ran in today's Lewiston Tribune . Semanko is...( read more )
Adam's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Remember Walt Minnick’s attempt to drum up 1st District resentment because Bill Sali chose to locate his campaign office at a central location in downtown Boise in the 2nd District? Headline: Minnick campaign proudly based in the District Walt will represent Did you know Bill Sali’s campaign office and Congressional in-state headquarters are both in Idaho’s Second Congressional District. Normally...
43rd State Blues: Democracy for Ida (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Last Friday, Idaho Rethuglican Party chairmoron Norm Semanko and his guano-gargling lickspittle Sid Smith used former presidential candidate John Edwards' admission of an affair in 2006 to attack U.S. Senate candidate Larry LaRocco . It's almost certain that Jim "Angry Gnome" Risch is behind the ham-handed GOP attack on LaRocco. It appears that The Gnome and Scumanko -- terrified that...
Adam's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
I’ve for a long, long, long, long time been suggesting that Republicans needed to get on board the blogosphere train. A couple weeks ago, Norm Semanko made a guest appearance on my humble blog while I was out of town, which I appreciated. Now Bill Sali’s re-election campaign has launched a blog and I have to [...]
DennisMansfield.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... the 1994 issue is absolutley foolish and ...dare I say it? Sophomoric. (High school, again...) Norm Semanko knows better. Apparently Larry thinks his Dem Chairman knows better, as well. Let's just say that there is a time and a purpose for everything...and this was neither for the GOP nor the Dems. Here's the deal: Helen's race struggled with Larry's situation in '94. There was a...
Adam's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
I’m back in Boise after a very week that had many highlights but also seemed to give truth to the saying, “I need a vacation from my vacation.” I’m going through hundreds of e-mails and thousands of blog stories. (How few of those stay relevant after a week.) I’ll extend a hearty thanks to Warner Todd Huston, Steltek, Rosemary, David Oatney, and of course GOP Chairman Norm Semanko for...
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Details from Spokesman Review Betsy Russell's blog An Eye on Boise . When Norm Semanko was a young Lakeland High School grad applying to the University of Idaho, he got a perfect score on the math portion of the ACT – but it was politics that really interested him. Now 41, he’s the newly elected chairman of the Idaho Republican Party, an overwhelmingly dominant state political party that’s...
