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Many traditional Idaho Republicans are getting scared.
They are smart enough to know that anything can happen in an election, and not to take anyone's emminent victory for granted.
On February 29, I reported here on the JHub about my meeting with Scott Syme, who not only has the right stuff to beat Jim Risch, but he is clearly the best candidate.
Since then, a strange thing has happended.
Things have gotten even better.
"The Republican race for U.S. Senate has the look of Lt. Gov. Jim Risch and the Seven Also-Rans. But there's one candidate attempting the upset with real promise," writes Dan Popkey in a recent Idaho Statesman column. "Army Reserve Col. Scott Syme helped plan reconstruction in Iraq and returned in 2005 feeling a duty to mend America's fractured politics."
"Syme, outfunded 25 to 1, ignored advice to make a more modest start - say, running for the Legislature or local office," Popkey said.
"I wouldn't have done...
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