I wanna hear more about our democratic challenger. Is this guy the real deal, or is he running a half-ass also-ran campaign despite the clear momentum?
Grant is solid, for real guy, Micron exec. There used to be some postings about this race at dKos, but the posters went away. We hope too busy to write online, but I fear, too discouraged by lack of Kossack response.
Anyway, go to dKos and search. You'll find good stuff about him and our surprisingly good chances out there in that little piece of Flyover Land.
Grant came to our Drinking Liberally night in Moscow (The town the Uni of Idaho is in) way back before the primary. He was awesome! Even though we were mostly 20- somethings, he could appeal to us and our issues. He spoke clearly about his issues and wasn't afraid to call himself a democrat. I personally think he has what it takes to take ID-1.
I think so because ID- 1 has two large urban areas that have been trending purple for a while: The Cour- d'Alene area (one of the fastest growing areas of the nation) and the Treasure Valley- the suburban half of our capital, Boise. Not only are these areas trending liberal given their urbanization, their growth has been fueled by large influxes of west coast residents looking for simpler (and cheaper) living. It can't be understated how much Idaho has grown in the last 6 years since the census. I'm looking forward to these races coming up; we just might have a blue Idaho a la Montana.
Grant's website: http://www.grantforcongress.com/
