Change Obama can't believe in; he's on a ticket with Larry Craig
Here's how Republican Idaho is:
In 1992, Bill Clinton came within 1 percentage point of finishing third there in the general election behind President George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot.
So it was surprising to many during this past primary season when Sen. Barack Obama invested an unusual amount of time for a Democrat in the scenic potato state.
Now, an even bigger surprise: According to a new political button just unveiled, Obama is running on the same political ticket as Republican Sen. Larry Craig, who had that embarrassing to-do last summer in the men's room of the Minneapolis Airport.
No, really!
As you can see from the photo, Obama and Craig are shown shoulder-to-shoulder on the button, which has become an instant classic collector's item.
It is, of course, a mistake. A hilarious one. After announcing his retirement and then unannouncing it to finish his six-year term, Craig is not running for anything this fall.
Instead, Lt. Gov. Jim Risch is representing the GOP in the U.S. Senate race against Democrat Larry LaRocco, whose photo was supposed to be on the button next to Obama. Risch and LaRocco are longtime Idaho political foes, having faced each other twice for state Senate and lieutenant governor, with Risch winning both times.
The button company, Tigereye Design out of Ohio, simply picked the wrong Idaho Larry from the photo file. After selling a few buttons to some sharp-eyed collectors, the incorrect button sale was halted.
-- Andrew Malcolm
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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So Andrew Malcolm what's your point? Let me answer for you: Nothing - you deserve a cut in pay and/or to be disreguarded and ignored totally. Get a grip.
Posted by: Gerrie Warner | July 28, 2008 at 02:02 AM
Larry Craig? Oh yeah, that's the politician caught up in an embarrassing sex scandal that the LA Times IS allowed to talk about.
Posted by: Joanne600 | July 28, 2008 at 03:47 AM
Wow I wonder how much those buttons are worth?
http://www.statecollegetaxi.com
Posted by: Patrick | July 28, 2008 at 05:54 AM
What is Obama's stance on this button?
Posted by: Shrympo | July 28, 2008 at 06:12 AM
This is contrived crap!
Posted by: Katy7540 | July 28, 2008 at 07:35 AM
Where can we get the buttons?? This is too funny!! The great one probably doesn't think it's amusing though. 100 days to go and still no debates - why???
Posted by: fairelection2008 | July 28, 2008 at 07:55 AM
I hope they also substituted a better photo of Obama, in which he's not squinting into the sun.
Posted by: Tom J | July 28, 2008 at 08:41 AM
If they would have included Obama and Florida's Bob Allen (waving a $20 bill), then THAT would have been an instant classic!
Posted by: trai_dep | July 28, 2008 at 09:03 AM
Oh yeah yeah yeah. The republicans are full of CRAP!!! They are all hypocrites! All this I love GOD, look at me, I am a conservative bull crap, next thing you know, one senator is suspected of trying to GIVE head in a bathroom or another to seduce an underage boy. Hahahaha! Full of crap. That's all I can say.
And ol' boy Sean Hannity always sounds like a straight up moron! How come, according to his world, everything the Republicans do is right and whatever the Dems do is wrong. That's bias right there. Fair and balanced my butt!!!
Fox News is also full of crap and crappy people IMO. Watch MSNBC or CNN instead , and you can tell the stark "FALAFEL" difference if you know what I mean Billy o'! Papa Bear!
Posted by: Anonymous | July 28, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Risch has beaten this guy TWICE before? Idaho must be more R than I thought if the D's can't find someone who HASN'T lost to Risch to run for their most important seat. Maybe Obama is better off running with Larry Craig's support.
Posted by: Joe V | July 28, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Well...consdiering BARACK OBAMA is the FIRST 'ARAB-AMERICAN' Candidate for the Presidency of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...I'd say they make a 'PRETTY DUO'...in fact...they might even make a good combo for the PRESIDENCY of the UNITED STATES OF 'AFRICA'! ! ! BARACK OBAMA'S candidacy couldn't be MORE TRANSPARENT! ! ! I've seen quite a bit of politicians 'politicking' in my day...but NEVER have seen anything like THIS 'MARKETING PLOT' by the FAR-LEFT, AMERICA-HATING Fascists! ! ! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY! ! !...We really need HIM TO! ! !
Posted by: margaret | July 28, 2008 at 01:24 PM
Why is the last 'POSTED BLOG' over 5 HOURS AGO? ? ?...AFTER ALL....you guy are ON 'CALIFORNIA' TIME! ! !
Posted by: margaret | July 28, 2008 at 01:25 PM
Well, Shrympo, on the 28th Barry was angry -
on the 29th Barky thought it was amusing -
today, the 30th, he said it was done by "a typical white person" -
the last day of July he will have to explain away today's opinion and the Media4ObamaCoalition will either have ignored these changes or they will explain why Barky Barry was right about everything ... he has to be: he's the new messiah, right? LOL
Posted by: Shrimpa | July 30, 2008 at 07:56 PM