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Last September, Sen. Hank Coe announced that he was giving serious thought to running for Governor in 2010. Given that the seat will be open (provided there is no successful legal challenge to the term limits law), it’s only natural for Republicans to start piling on. Another speculator has announced the possibility…

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Who would have thunk? Environmentalists going court and judge shopping for their cause? Judging by what a judge in Missoula, MT says, that’s exactly what happened. Continue Reading »

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Not literally in my back yard, but close enough! I live on the east edge of Cody, just past Wyoming Hwy. 120, the line making the safe zone for wolves in this area. If they are west of the highway, they must be shot in season with a license, or under jurisdiction of the Game and Fish. If they are east of the highway, they’re free game as long as you report to Game and Fish that you shot it. Ironically, the Game and Fish office up here is located on the east side of the highway. If they are on the highway, I’m not sure what the status of the wolf is, other than roadkill. Wouldn’t that be fun to report? Continue Reading »

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In case you haven’t heard or seen the news, Sen. Enzi made his decision public yesterday. For the past several months, Republican officials have been pondering what Wyoming’ senior senator was going to do this year. The media has been prying to end to get some kind of idea what to write about. Granted, Sen. Enzi is pretty popular, so a re-election could be fairly easy, but everyone wants to know if they should be watching for a new Republican face to come along. Continue Reading »

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I have decided to revisit the dreaded Mark Gordon post. I’m not going to repost all the information here, but if you haven’t looked at it, you should see the 7500 reasons to be concerned about the possibility of Mark Gordon being the Republican nominee for our lone Wyoming vote in the U.S. House. After you take a look at it, come back to this post for some updates. Continue Reading »

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My name is Scott Bothwell; I’m not running for anything, but I approved this blog post.
I have made some comments about Mark Gordon in recent posts. People may be wondering why I have commented the way I have done so. There haven’t been many comments, but they have ranged from wondering why Rep. Cubin didn’t endorse Mark Gordon to speculation on the possibility of Gary Trauner endorsing Mark Gordon. Continue Reading »

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I don’t get it. Wolves were never supposed to leave The Park (Yellowstone, for you out-of-staters), and yet there needs to be a management plan for wolves to be handed over to state control. Wyoming to the most “controversial” position and gave them dual-status, depending on location. Continue Reading »

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Some things just don’t get a lot of coverage until well after the fact. Such is the case with this story. I just heard it the other day and figured, you, my loyal readers, would enjoy reading it. Continue Reading »

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My fellow Wyomingites, this year we face an important and historic election cycle in this state. I know many of you (myself included) are somewhat distraught about the Republican Presidential nomination process. Our nominee has been picked for us by the influence of Independents and Democrats in open primary states and the struggle of having two conservatives in the race vying for the same block of voters.

Let not your heart be troubled. It’s not the end of the world because we didn’t get our favored nominee. It just means we’re gonna have to do some self-examination and regrouping in the party over the next four to eight years.

On another, more exciting token, we have a rare event taking place in Wyoming this year. Continue Reading »

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On Saturday, March 15, I made up one-fourth of a group of Park County Republicans that “crashed” the Big Horn County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Lovell, Wyoming. The event was not as large or elegant as the dinner held in Cody a month prior, but it was still nice to get to socialize with some Republicans from the rival county. Following is a recollection of what happened. Continue Reading »

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