Committees’ duty is to weed out Democratic ideology

Recently Mary Souza wrote that Republican Central Committees ought not recommend some candidates over others in the Republican primary.

I suspect that Mary would agree that it is okay if those same central committees endorse, financially support and aid the Republicans that win the primary  to win the general election in November.

And in fact that is what most central committees and the Idaho State Republican Party do.

Consider then that in many of our races, no Democrats are filed to run in the November general election. Up here, it is generally understood that the Democrats can't win in November since the political ideology of our voters lean Republican. The Democrats have all but given up on the general election.

Instead, they pick or run their horses in the Republican primary. This year, in all of District 1's state legislative races the primary is the only election since the general election is uncontested.

Therefore, since the Democrats use the Republican primary as the general election, it is vitally important that the County Republican Central Committees engage in their full electoral persuasion during the Republican primary.

It is the primary where the Democratic ideology needs to be vetted and weeded out. It is entirely logical then for the county Republican central committees to engage in primary candidate vetting, recommendations and active voter outreach to promote the conservative slate that supports the Republican Party principles and platform.

SCOTT HERNDON

Sagle