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While it isn't always helpful to point fingers, the gridlock in Washington does make one wonder who needs to get moving.  Especially with leaders all over the map pointing fingers at the guy across the aisle. Who do you think is most to blame...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho State Republican Party convention delegates in Twin Falls likely skirted a renewed, potentially messy internal fight over their party's closed primary by recommending the issue be studied, not addressed head-on.  According to a resolution that cleared a convention committee on Friday, state leaders will be asked to scrutinize the 2012 closed primary's consequences before

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Federal environmental regulators be warned, Idaho Republicans are hoping to put you out of work. At the state GOP convention in Twin Falls on Friday, a committee of delegates meeting at the biennial partisan event supported a resolution that the Environmental Protection Agency be abolished...

National Pollster Scott Rasmussen was the guest speaker Saturday at the Twin Falls County Republican Lincoln day Banquet.  Rasmussen told the gathering that it’s no secret that Americans are fed up and frustrated with the government right now.

Top Story Podcast 8/2/11: First Hour - Birth Control for women...guaranteed, Steve Millington. Second hour - State Board Of Education member Ken Edmunds. Looking for an older show? Check the Top Story Podcast Archive.

(AP) - Idaho Republican officials say they will hold the state party's presidential caucus vote on Super Tuesday in March 2012, when a number of other states across the country are scheduled to have primary and caucus votes.

AP - Idaho Republicans have approved a motion giving Sen. John McGee a vote of no confidence following  a drunken driving incident but postponed indefinitely a resolution calling for the Senate majority caucus chairman to resign his leadership position.

(AP) A proposal to require Idaho Republican candidates to be vetted by GOP leaders before primary  elections is no longer on the agenda of an important party meeting in Moscow this weekend. Ex-state Senate Majority Leader Rod Beck wanted a nominating model similar to Utah's to be considered at the state GOP Central Committee confab Saturday and Sunday...

Idaho Republican committee leaders are considering a plan to move the state's 2012 presidential primary to early March in a bid to make the state more relevant in the nominating process.

Republican leaders meet today to discuss their picks for the panel that will draw Idaho's legislative districts for the next decade.

Top Story Podcast 3/23/11: First hour: Rasmussen Survey says more people trust Republicans thatn the Democrats to handle the top ten issue. Second hour: State of the City and President Obama's Libya plan. WHat is it again? A Rasmussen Survey shows that out of the ten biggest issues in this country the majority trust the Republicans over the Democrats to fix them ...

Top Story Podcast 2/22/11: First hour: Obama Hypocrisy, Steve Millington. Second hour: National Institute For Civil Discourse...Worthwhile Or Just Another Liberal Tactic? Michelle Obama tells us to eat alfalfa sprouts and drink carrot juice because we are becoming obese ...

Jill says:  I was very disappointed the Patriot Act was enacted in the first place and I am glad this has been defeated... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/08/house-rejects-extensions-patriot-act_n_820554.html

Republicans around the state will be gathering in Twin Falls next year for their state convention.

"As House Republicans prepare this week to hold a vote to repeal the health-care law that President Obama signed last year, the administration says it opposes that idea but is "open" to Republican suggestions to improve the provision. That is a marked shift from last year, when the president and congressional Democrats repeatedly blasted the GOP for not backing the law and cast a

Amazing tilt against the Democratic Party! Adding insult to injury for their party, at least 13 Democratic state lawmakers have joined the Republican ranks since Election Day -- deepening GOP gains and in one case handing the party the state House majority...