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BlackAdderess, I referenced both of your posts, because they made sense when read together.
Excerpted from the above linked KLEW-TV article:
"...For all the furor surrounding legislative races, it pales in comparison to some unusual local Republican contests.
In one, Shaun Winkler, a Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard, faces incumbent Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler in the race to be the top law enforcement officer in Idaho's rural north. Winkler, 33, held a cross-burning near Priest River last week.
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"But Paul loyalists including Ryan Davidson have said they're targeting obscure local GOP precinct committee leader races, in hopes of sending friendly delegates to the state Republican Convention in Twin Falls in June to reverse Romney's caucus win.
Debbie Field, a former GOP state legislator and Romney organizer, is flabbergasted. She points out that many Paul backers wanted the caucus, thinking it could help the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman's chances.
"It's amazing," Field said. "When they don't get the results they want, they change the rules. It's a strange way of functioning."
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Democrats who are holding their own nominating contests Tuesday are observing the machinations from the other side of the aisle — not without a little relish..."
http://www.klewtv.com/politics/Idaho-politics-news-primary-151305915.html
This supports my opinion that the rules change was not a GOP, Rove or Romney power grab, as much as it is a means of slowing down some of those who wear conservative Republican garments, namely the Ron Paul supporters, liberals and others, who are making great efforts to insure another Obama Presidency.
Indeed..
Rule change ping. See Post 44.
More information about the possible machinations.