Dear Republican Congressmen and Congresswomen,

Idaho Democrats are working very hard to make your caucus function better. That’s right. YOUR caucus. How and why are we delivering this service to you?

First, we have the eminently competent and hardworking Rep. Shirley Ringo running to replace Raul in the 1st Congressional District. She puts Idaho families, children and businesses first. She won’t walk heel-to-toe on some narrow chalk-line pointing the way toward each political witch hunt du jour. She will work for Idaho.

Second, her election will prevent you from suffering the “leadership” of Raul Labrador. Do you think your group of Republican politicians are frayed after Eric Cantor got knocked off? Look for a full-blown explosion if Raul gets the nod.

Here is the most recent example of Raul’s leadership as reported in Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire:

June 15, 2014

Idaho Republicans in Disarray

“Idaho’s state Republican Party convention degenerated into a fiasco Saturday after attempts to disqualify up to a third of the delegates attending appeared to be succeeding – and the convention ended up adjourning without electing a chairman, setting a platform or doing any of it scheduled business,” the Spokesman Review reports.

Said Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID): “For three weeks I’ve tried to broker a deal to prevent what happened today.”

“Far from uniting the deeply divided party, the gathering degenerated into dysfunction — though it’s the party that holds every statewide office in Idaho, every seat in the congressional delegation and more than 80 percent of the seats in the state Legislature. It also proved not to be the finest hour for Labrador, whom many looked to as the healer for the fractured party just a day after he announced that he’s running for Majority Leader of the U.S. House; instead, he ended the convention facing jeers and walkouts from his own party members.“

Congressional Republicans, why don’t you just call that a resume and act accordingly.

Don’t worry, Congressional Republicans, we won’t make you thank us publicly for helping you out. We aren’t motivated by the same crass political gamesmanship that motivates Raul. We simply want to make Idaho and our nation as strong and as prosperous as it can be.

Sincerely,

Idaho Democrats